Awards & Recognition
★2025 Global Leadership Award from American-German Institute
★2016 C.K. Prahalad Award for Global Business Sustainability Leadership
★2015 Grand Cross of Order of Industrial Merit from Portugal
★2017 Jewish Museum Berlin Prize for Understanding and Tolerance
★2016 Strategy Leadership Impact Award from Strategic Management Society
★Bavarian Order of Merit from Free State of Bavaria
Notable Facts
→CEO of Siemens AG from 2013-2021, one of world's largest industrial conglomerates
→Led transformation of Siemens into three focused companies: Siemens AG, Siemens Energy, and Siemens Healthineers
→Accompanied German Chancellor Merkel on 9 state visits including China, India, US
→Invited to private dinner with US President Obama among 15 German CEOs in 2016
→Currently Chairman of Supervisory Boards at Siemens Energy AG and Daimler Truck Holding AG
→40+ year career at Siemens, starting in 1980 as financial analyst
→Served as Senior Advisor to EIG Global Energy Partners since 2023
→Known for outspoken political commentary against populism on LinkedIn