ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Nidec Motor Corporation (NMC), a global manufacturer of motors, drives and automated systems, has named Henk van Duijnhoven as its chief executive officer and ACIM (Appliances, Commercial and Industrial Motors) global business leader.

NMC is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and has $4 billion in annual sales. Its ACIM business has 25,000 employees and operates 72 manufacturing sites across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

Most recently, van Duijnhoven was a partner and managing director of The Boston Consulting Group, where he was responsible for business turnaround, mergers and acquisitions, and strategy planning for clients in the Industrial and Medtech markets.

He holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from the College of Automotive Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.