Otis announced on March 2 it has appointed Nicolas Lopez as president of Otis Asia-Pacific (APAC). With a decade at Otis, Lopez most recently served as managing director of Otis Southeast Asia. His tenure with the company included oversight of distributor operations across more than 60 countries and senior business development and compliance across Otis APAC and Latin America. Lopez also spent nearly 10 years with Otis' former parent company. In his latest role, he is responsible for business across Asia (excluding Greater China), tasked with driving growth and transformation by "advancing customer centricity and operational excellence across service, modernization, new equipment, manufacturing and innovation, strengthening the regional portfolio, workforce and customer relationship of Otis." With an MBA from Universidad del CEMA and a Master of Law from Columbia Law School, Lopez succeeds Stéphane de Monlivault, who retired after four decades with Otis.