Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Siegfried RusswurmChairman of the Supervisory Board

Education

Grammar school, A-Levels; studies production engineering Dipl.-Ing., Dr.-Ing.

Career

• 1988:
  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Research Assistant

• 1989:
  University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Engineering Mechanics, Scientific Assistant

• 1992:
  Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Medical Engineering Group, Kemnath Radiographic Systems Department Process Planning, Assembly and Testing, Production Planners and Project Managers, Department Manager, Head of Production Unit Radiographic Systems, Erlangen, Head and Plant Manager Kemnath, Manufacturing, also: Head of Production Center Mechanical Systems, Head and Plant Manager Erlangen/Forchheim, Production Center, Head of Components Division

• 1999:
  Siemens Elema AB, Solna, Sweden, Head of Electromedical Systems Division, Sweden and USA

• 2003:
  Automation and Drives Division, Erlangen, Head of Motion Control Systems Division

• 2006:
  Member of the Group Managing Board Medical Solutions

• 2008 – March 2017:
  Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG, group-wide responsibility for all industrial topics, for the healthcare business, for technology as Chief Technology Officer, for purchasing, for human resources and for environment, health & safety; regional responsibility for, among others, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the CIS

• 2009:
  Appointment as honorary professor for the field of mechatronics at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

• Since December 2018:
  Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA

• January 2021 – December 2024:
  President of BDI (Federation of German Industries)

Membership of supervisory boards within the meaning of § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

^{(as of January 31, 2026)}

• thyssenkrupp AG (since 2019, Supervisory Board Chairman since October 2019, appointed until 2029) ^*)

• DR. JOHANNES HEIDENHAIN GmbH, Traunreut

• Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA, Heidenheim (Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee and Supervisory Board)

^{*) Company listed on the stock exchange}

Other board work and functions

• Member of the Executive Board, National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Munich