Siegfried Russwurm

President of acatech | Vice President - BDI, Federation of German Industries | Chairman of thyssenkrupp AG and Voith GmbH&Co KGaA | Industrial Advisor, Non Executive Board Member

Michelau, Bavaria, Germany

About

former Executive Vice President and Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG 2008 - 2017, therein: - Head of Global HR (2008 - 2010) - Head of Global Industry Business (2010 - 2014) - Chief Technology Officer (2014 - 2016) - Head of Global Healthcare Business (2015 - 2017) and first Chairman of Siemens Healtineers AG - Responsible in the Board for Corporate Purchasing and Corporate IT - Responsible for the Regions CIS and Middle East Chairman of the Industry Board of the German "Plattform Industrie 4.0" (2014 - 2017) Head of the North Africa / Middle East Initiative of German Business Association (NMI @ BDI) (2015 - 2017) currently Member of the Board of Directors of acatech (German Academy of Technology) and Non-Executive Director of several Technology companies long and deep experience in running global businesses in Industrial Automation and Healthcare

Experience

  • acatech – Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften (1 yr 2 mos)
    • Präsident
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Designierter Präsident
      Nov 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    • Vizepräsident
      May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

  • BDI - Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (5 yrs 6 mos)
    • Vizepräsident
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Präsident
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs