Honeywell makes a purposeful difference to people and the planet

Women at Honeywell are innovating to solve some of the world’s toughest challenges.

From the company's industrial roots, to becoming the premier software industrial, to leading in the energy transition, Honeywell’s ability to achieve ambitious, transformative objectives is rooted in its purposeful approach to making a difference.

Delivering innovative solutions

Honeywell Senior Vice President & General Counsel Anne Madden discusses Honeywell's purposeful approach to making a difference through the delivery of innovative solutions to customers.

"Our responsibility to ourselves and to the planet, and to the environment is reflected in the really extensive technical work that we've done and continue to do to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, what we call our GHG emissions," explains Anne.

"When you think of Ethanol to Jet technology; when you think of carbon capture usage and storage; when you think of the low global warming [potential] refrigerant technology that we developed; when you think about how important it is to decarbonize buildings - all of these things are technologies that Honeywell brings to bear. What we innovate is all about safety and security and the environment," says Anne. "And we've proven these technologies to ourselves. We use them in our own facilities as well as provide them to our customers."

Enjoying a successful leadership career

As Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Honeywell, Anne Madden is responsible for managing legal affairs, Government Relations, health, safety, environment, product stewardship, sustainability/ESG and global security. Anne is also responsible for Honeywell’s global M&A and venture capital efforts.

Prior to taking this role in 2017, Anne was Vice President, Corporate Development and Global Head of M&A, leading acquisition and divestiture activities for 16 years. During her tenure, Honeywell made around 100 acquisitions, representing approximately $15 billion in revenues and divested about 70 businesses, representing close to $9 billion of non-core revenues.

Anne joined Honeywell’s predecessor AlliedSignal in 1996 as General Counsel of Fluorine Products. Later that year she became Vice President and General Counsel of Specialty Chemicals and then Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Performance Materials and Technologies (PMT).

Prior to that, Anne worked at Shearman & Sterling and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Anne earned an A.B. in English and American literature from Brown University, an M.S. in accounting and MBA in finance from the NYU Stern School of Business, and a J.D. from the Fordham University School of Law, where she was Managing Editor of the Law Review.

Anne serves on the GE HealthCare Board of Directors which began trading as a public company following its spin out from GE in January 2023.