Honeywell has appointed Vimal Kapur president and chief operating officer effective 1 June, 2023.
He has replaced Darius Adamczyk who became COO in 2016, CEO in 2017 and the chair of Honeywell in 2018.
Adamczyk will continue to serve as executive chair of Honeywell.
Kapur was also appointed to the company's board of directors effective 13 March, 2023.
"Vimal is absolutely the right person to lead our company to the next level of growth and stellar performance," Adamczyk said.
"Vimal brings 34 years of deep knowledge about our businesses, end markets and customer needs.”
Adamczyk said Vimal has demonstrated that he can nimbly evolve business strategies to fit any circumstances which he has demonstrated when dealing with the challenges of the last few years.