Bernhard Bauer

SVP finance & business transformation @ Siemens | Senior transformation counsel to the board

Austria

About

experienced, creative manager in VARIOUS positions with proven track-record in 3 CONTINENTS * STRATEGY-Planning & -Execution on corporate and regional level * shaping, introducing, using AI / DATA-SCIENCE for BUSINESS ANALYTICS and SALES-STEERING * professional business developer skilled in managing TRANSFORMATION as well as ECOSYSTEMS * commercial responsibility for INFRASTRUCTURE-projects (e.g. energy /industry / transportation) —— + LECTURER various universities „corporate strategy“ and „industrial-IoT“ + mentor/seed investor in START-UPs: *“solar-Energy“ ZIMBABWE * „cultivated-meat“ CALIFORNIA * „green-tech AI“ AUSTRIA

Experience

  • Siemens (27 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior VP finance & business transformation *** CEE incl. Austria & Central-Asia
      Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

      senior transformation counsel to the board

    • Commercial Head of BUSINESS-UNIT for CentralEasternEurope incl. Austria / Central-Asia
      May 2014 - Jun 2025 · 11 yrs 2 mos

      DIGITAL INDUSTRIES @LCB_Austria (26 countries; Austria, Central-Eastern-Europe, Central-Asia) >> P&L for global #3 regional-entity of BU "Factory-Automation" >> senior VP ("Prokurist") of SIEMENS AG Austria **** in addition: > i-IoT ECOSYSTEM orchestrator CEE/C-Asia. (since March23) > DIGITAL OFFICER for Siemens´ Digital Industries CEE (til Sep21) > Comm. Head of Business Unit „Customer SERVICES“ (in 2020) > Comm. Head of division „DIGITAL FACTORY“ (til 2016)

    • VP Corporate Strategies for EMEA
      Apr 2011 - Apr 2014 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      main-responsibilities: * global board-member´s proxy regarding CRM for 10 European top-ACCOUNTS (e.g. Airbus, Unilever) * regional focus: NorthWest-Europe &. CentralEastern-Europe * European Union FUNDS (focus "cohesion") * mid-term GROWTH-STRATEGY for Poland & Turkey

  • visiting professor executiveMBA "ENERGY MANAGEMENT" at WU Executive Academy
    Oct 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 10 mos

    corporate strategy: "recent strategic challenges" https://executiveacademy.at/en/programs/executive-mba/energy-management/faculty/

  • Product Manager Lighting Range in Austria at IKEA Group
    1989 - 1992 · 3 yrs

    IKEA AUSTRIA P&L responsibility for lighting-portfolio in 4 Austrian IKEA-stores