Siemens USA & Siemens Global

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Siemens USA

-300 New Jersey Avenue, Suite 1000; Washington, DC 20001 1-800-SIEMENS (743-6367) | Web: http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/about_us.htm

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“Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, and operates in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. For more than 160 years, Siemens has built a reputation for leading-edge innovation and the quality of its products, services and solutions. With 405,000 employees in 190 countries, Siemens reported worldwide sales of $102.9 billion in fiscal 2010. …With its U.S. corporate headquarters in Washington, DC, Siemens in the USA reported sales of $19.9 billion and employs more than 60,000 people throughout all 50 states and Puerto Rico.”

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Management & Corporate Structure

http://www.usa.siemens.com/en/about_us/management_structure.htm

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Eric A. Spiegel – President and CEO Siemens Corporation

 Spiegel joined Siemens in January, 2010, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Corporation and CEO of the U.S. Region.  As CEO of the global engineering and technology company’s largest single market, Mr. Spiegel, 53, is responsible for growing the U.S. business in the Industry, Energy and Healthcare sectors.  Siemens had $25 billion in U.S. sales in FY 2010 and exported ~$3 billion in products from the U.S.  With more than 60,000 American employees and nearly 100 manufacturing locations, Siemens is represented in all 50 states. …Mr. Spiegel brings to Siemens twenty-five years of global consulting experience with complex organizations in the energy, power, chemical, water, industrial and automotive fields.  Prior to joining Siemens, Mr. Spiegel was at Booz Allen Hamilton from 1986-2008.  From 2008-2010, Mr. Spiegel was a senior partner and served as the Managing Partner of Booz & Company’s Global Energy, Chemicals and Power consulting practice and led the firm’s Washington D.C. office. …From 1999-2003, he served as the Managing Director of Booz Allen Hamilton International while living in Tokyo.  This role included managing the firm’s business in Asia, South America and the Middle East.  He was an original member of the Board of Directors for Booz & Company and was previously a member of the Board of Directors for Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.  Earlier in his career, Mr. Spiegel worked at Brown Boveri (now ABB) and Temple, Barker & Sloane, Inc. (now Oliver Wyman). …An expert on the global energy industry, Mr. Spiegel co-authored the 2009 book Energy Shift: Game-changing Options for Fueling the Future, which has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Korean and Japanese. …Mr. Spiegel holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College where he was an Edward Tuck Scholar and received his A.B. with Honors in Economics from Harvard University.  He is a member of the Executive Committee of Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. and The Board of Overseers at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.  He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Electrification Coalition. Boards & Affiliations;  Letter from Eric Spiegel: Siemens “joins forces” to support veterans and their families.

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Klaus P. Stegemann – Chief Financial Officer Siemens Corporation
Cluster CFO, Siemens USA

 Stegemann, 54, was named Chief Financial Officer of Siemens Corporation in June 2009 – a position he previously held from 2002 to 2005.  He additionally serves as Cluster CFO for the Americas and coordinates CFOs throughout the Western Hemisphere, including the Clusters of Brazil, Canada, Meso-America and Austral-Andina. …Prior to returning to the United States, he served from 2005 to 2008 as CFO of Siemens Medical Solutions/Siemens’ Healthcare Sector in Erlangen, Germany, where he oversaw all financial matters for this nearly $15 billion business with 48,000 employees worldwide. …In 2004, while previously serving as CFO of Siemens Corporation in New York, he also assumed responsibility for coaching Siemens’ CIO Americas organization, signaling information management’s importance as a key driver for business success. … Prior to joining Siemens Corporation, he was the CFO since 1999 of the worldwide Angiography, Fluoroscopy and Radiographic Systems Business of Siemens AG Medical Solutions (Forcheim, Germany), where he applied the financial strategies and tools that ultimately turned the business around in less than two years. …Klaus has had an exceptional 36-year career in financial operations at Siemens, both in the U.S. and in Germany.  He has taken on a variety of important global challenges, in each case making a major contribution to Siemens’ business performance. Before he joined Siemens Medical, Klaus cultivated a unique array of business unit experience in the U.S. and Germany, including projects at the Company’s Transportation Systems, Automation & Drives, Power Generation, Industrial Solutions & Services Groups, and at the Siemens AG Corporate headquarters, where he helped solve the tough business challenges associated with restructuring, integration and profitability. …A fisherman who also enjoys hiking, traveling and art, Klaus resides in New York City with his wife. They have one daughter.

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Kathleen A. Ambrose – Senior Vice President, Siemens Government Affairs

 She served in the White House for three presidents, with her last assignment as US lead for G-8 and US-EU Summits for President Clinton.  As Deputy General Counsel at the US Department of Commerce, she chaired the U S delegation for multilateral and bilateral talks. As a trade association executive, she represented the global chemical industry in international negotiations. …During four years on Capitol Hill as chief of staff to a Member of Congress, she handled legislation before the Banking, Judiciary and Ways & Means Committees. She has headed the Washington offices of a global plastics and chemicals company and the third largest global mining company prior to joining Siemens. She is married to Barry Carter, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, with a son and a daughter in college. The family lives in Washington, D.C.

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Ken Cornelius – President and CEO, Siemens One, A Division of Siemens Corporation

 Ken Cornelius leads the Siemens One division of Siemens Corporation.  In this role, Cornelius helps Siemens develop business opportunities that involve multiple Siemens business units focused in the key areas of Energy, Industry and Healthcare.  By leveraging the breadth of Siemens portfolio of companies, innovations and global financial strength, the Siemens One team provides customers with tailored solutions that improve their performance and bolster their competitive position in the marketplace. … Siemens One clients represent a broad mix of industry sectors including healthcare, airport, pharmaceutical, data centers, transportation, construction as well as U.S. Federal Government initiatives. …Ken began his Siemens career as a sales representative in 1977 and has held numerous sales, marketing and senior management positions; most recently Vice President of Sales for Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. He was named to his current position in 2001. …Cornelius currently serves on the board of directors with the Metro-Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. As Chairman of the Metro Atlanta Global Commerce Council, Ken works to increase the number of international companies locating to the metro Atlanta area to increase job growth and investments. Cornelius was appointed by Governor Sonny Purdue to the Board of Governors of the Geo. L. Smith, II Georgia World Congress Center Authority. …As the Siemens City Ambassador for Atlanta, he regularly meets with leaders in the civic, governmental and non-profit sectors and has been featured in USA Today, CNBC’s Morning Call and Time Magazine as well as Georgia Public Broadcasting’s Georgia Business and the Knowledge@Emory interview series.  He and his wife have two daughters and reside in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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Michael Kruklinski – Vice President, Corporate Development & Strategy

 Background: Siemens Head office advanced training program; Siemens trainee program; “Abitur” at Hoelty Gymnasium with special focus on physics and mathematics. Professional experience at Siemens: 2008 – Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Corporate Development – Strategic Planning; 2005 – 2007 – Senior Director Market Intelligence & Competitor Analysis; 1995-1996 – Senior Consultant, Business Process Consulting; 1994-1995 – Benchmarking and Business Process Reengineering / Director of Strategic Planning & Controls for the large /medium drives division; 1992-1994 – MIS and Organizational Development; 1989 – 1990 – Business Unit Administration and Controlling for I-centers; 1987 Sales and Marketing for Standard Product Group. Professional experience outside Siemens: 2000 – 2004 – A.T. Kearney, Inc. – Sr. Principal / Financial Institutions Group &  Communications / High Tech Industry; 1996 – 2000 – First American Corporation – Sr. VP and Director of Finance  & Director of Business Process Innovations. Additional Information: Business Board Member American Council on Germany; Frequent Speaker @ Strategic and M&A Conferences. Personal Information: Married w/ two children, residing in Northern NJ,

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E. Robert Lupone – Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Siemens Corporation

Lupone, 48, became Vice President and General Counsel of Siemens Corporation in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2000. …Bob is responsible for the legal and compliance functions of Siemens USA.  He manages the Siemens U.S. Legal Department, which provides a broad array of U.S. legal services to Siemens management and Siemens operating groups in areas including litigation, M&A, corporate law, commercial and finance law, compliance and regulatory matters, technology licensing, employment/ benefits, and real estate/ environmental matters. …Since 1992, Bob has held other positions in the Siemens U.S. Legal Department, including Senior Counsel, Corporate Transactions and General Counsel, Siemens Medical. …Prior to joining Siemens, Bob was Vice President and General Counsel of Price Communications Corporation (AMEX) and before that he was an M&A/securities/corporate lawyer at the New York law firms of Fried, Frank, Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Rogers & Wells. …He is a member of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York; American Corporate Counsel Association; American Bar Association – Sections of Business Law, International Law, Law Department Management and Committee of Corporate General Counsel; and Corporate Executive Board – General Counsel Roundtable. He is also on the Board of Advisors of the Georgetown Law Corporate Counsel Institute, and serves as a Director of the Brown University Club of Fairfield County.

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Mike Panigel – Senior Vice President and CHRO, Siemens Corporate Human Resources U.S./Americas; member of the Board of Siemens Corporation U.S.

As Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President of Human Resources, Mike Panigel is responsible for the strategic direction, design and governance of human resources policies and practices for Siemens U.S. and the Americas. Mike also serves on the Corporate Human Resources Leadership Board responsible for setting global HR Strategy and Policy. …Previously, Mike served as Vice President, Human Resources of Siemens Healthcare based in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He led the integration of significant healthcare businesses acquired during the last several years and played a key role in designing and implementing a coordinated human resource strategy across Healthcare located throughout the U.S. …Prior to his assignment with Siemens Healthcare, Mike served as Vice President, Global Compensation & Benefits at Siemens AG in Munich. Before moving to Siemens’ headquarters in Munich, Mike led the human resources function in a number of different regions, including South Africa and 14 other neighboring countries earlier in his career. …Mike has a degree in Industrial Psychology from the University of Pretoria and postgraduate qualifications in Labor Law and General Management from the University of South Africa. 

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Kevin Rogan – Cluster Compliance Officer USA and Canada, U.S. Legal Management Committee

 Rogan has been appointed Cluster Compliance Officer for the Clusters USA and Canada. Mr. Rogan will also assume the duties of Regional Compliance Officer (RCO) for the USA.  Kevin will be a member of the U.S. Legal Management Committee. …Kevin has over 30 years of corporate law and compliance experience.  He was most recently the Cluster Compliance Officer for the Siemens Africa Cluster located in Johannesburg, South Africa.  He has held senior legal and compliance positions with Celanese, PepsiCo and Diageo and was an equity partner at the Dallas office of Hunton & Williams, an international law firm. …He is a graduate of Yale University and Fordham University Law School.  Kevin has relocated to the Siemens Corporation offices in New York City.  His telephone number is 212-258-4268 and email is krogan@siemens.com.

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Daniel J. Staudt – Vice President and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

 Staudt is Vice President and Chief IP Counsel of the Siemens Corporations Intellectual Property Department, covering all Intellectual Property Legal matters for the Siemens US Operating Companies including its Healthcare, Industry and Energy business sectors.  Mr. Staudt’s practice focuses upon managing all of Siemens Corporations IP attorneys for all areas of Intellectual Property Law, including U.S. and International Patent, Trademark, and Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Patent, Trademark, and Technology Licensing.  Previous to his current position he was associate chief IP counsel responsible for the IP group supporting the Siemens Energy business sector in the US, located in Orlando, Florida. …He received his undergraduate degree in Electronic Engineering and his law degree from the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.  Previous to his work at Siemens Corporation Mr. Staudt worked as an Intellectual Property Attorney at Harris Corporation in Melbourne Florida, in its Semiconductor and Communication Business Sectors and prior to that he work as IP Counsel in the patent law firm of Biebel & French, in Dayton, Ohio. … Staudt is a board member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and a member of the Association of Corporate Patent Counsels as well as the Florida Bar.  He is licensed as a Patent Attorney in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and in the States of Florida and Ohio.

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Alison Taylor – Vice President, Sustainability – Americas, Siemens Corporation

Taylor is Vice President, Sustainability-Americas.  In this position, she is responsible for driving the sustainability program for the Americas and acting as a resource for sustainability initiatives across Siemens’ business sectors.  As Siemens expands its sustainability initiatives and strives to improve consistent global implementation of environmental goals, Alison will also be creating and participating in sustainability initiatives to advance knowledge, skills, tools and capabilities company-wide. …In her previous role as Director, Government Affairs, Taylor represented Siemens’ position on environmental issues with Congress and the Executive Branch.  She developed and promoted legislation and worked with various operating companies within Siemens to develop positions and projects on environmental topics like air quality, emissions, water quality, industrial pollution and climate change. …Prior to joining Siemens, Ms. Taylor was Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for five years, and counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce for six years.  Ms. Taylor has been a member of the U.S. delegation to United Nations conferences on Climate Change, Biodiversity, Sustainability and Ozone Layer Depletion. …Prior to her service on Capitol Hill, Ms. Taylor was an equity partner in the Denver-based law firm Davis, Graham and Stubbs, LLC where she specialized in water law, mining law and environmental law.  She clerked for several Denver firms and completed an internship during law school for the Honorable John L. Kane, Jr. on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.  She has contributed to numerous environmental publications and has been a frequent speaker for American Bar Association courses on environmental subjects. …Taylor graduated from Duke University with an undergraduate degree in biology, and the University of Denver with a juris doctorate degree.  She was Managing Editor of the Denver University Law Review.  Ms. Taylor is admitted to the practice of law in the District of Columbia and Colorado.

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Jim Whaley – Sr. Vice President, Communications & Marketing
Siemens Corporation

 As Sr. Vice President of Communications and Marketing for Siemens Corporation, Jim Whaley is responsible for the strategy, direction and management of this global technology company’s corporate communications in the United States.  Ranked 30th on the Fortune Global 500, Siemens has more than $22 billion in annual U.S. sales, exports $2.1 billion from the U.S. and employs over 60,000 employees in all 50 states. …Jim is currently leading the execution of the U.S. Answers Campaign, the largest marketing investment in the company’s history.  This includes the next phase of the Answers advertising campaign that will run in all major media outlets.  It positions Siemens as the leader in environmental and sustainable technologies such as renewable energy, healthcare IT, energy efficient buildings and Smart Grid. …Jim joined Siemens in 2004 as Vice President of the Siemens Foundation. He became President of the Siemens Foundation in June 2006 and continued to serve in that position until March of 2010 when he became the Foundation’s Vice Chairman. …Under his tenure, the Foundation expanded its Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement program to all fifty states, recognizing students, teachers and schools for exceptional achievement in AP math and science courses nationally.  The Foundation also launched Siemens Teacher Scholarships in collaboration with the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund and United Negro College Fund.  This initiative awards college scholarships to encourage minority students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to pursue teaching careers in science and math.  He also initiated Siemens Science Day, a national program created to captivate young students’ interest in math, science and technology. …Previously, Jim served as Director of Communications at the United States Military Academy at West Point.  In that position he executed an innovative communications plan in celebration of West Point’s 200th anniversary.  This plan resulted in 24 books, eight network television documentaries, and won the 2003 Public Relations Society of America Award of Excellence and the 2003 PR Week Public Campaign of the Year. …Jim has more than 20 years of management experience that includes integrated marketing, strategic communications, media relations, internal communications, crisis communications, and community relations. He is a graduate of Lock Haven University where he received his undergraduate degree.   He completed his MBA at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.   He also attended the Defense Information School (graduate level management), Ft. Meade, MD, and completed the U.S. Army Helicopter Instructor Pilot Course at Fort Rucker, AL.  He was a Master Aviator and was awarded the Legion of Merit as well as numerous other awards. …He serves on the boards of the New York American Heart Association, Thurgood Marshall College Fund, The New York Hall of Science and the US Chamber of Commerce’s Business Civic Leadership Center. 

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Camille Johnston – Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Siemens Corporation

 Johnston joined Siemens Corporation as Vice President, Corporate Affairs on September 7, 2010, and is responsible for developing, leading and implementing a comprehensive and integrated media plan for Siemens Corporation. …Camille came to Siemens from The White House, where she served as Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady. …Prior to the White House, she worked as a communications consultant for the Entertainment Industry Foundation on the Stand Up To Cancer campaign, the nationally televised fund-raising special that aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC and raised more than $100 million for cancer research. …From 2005 to 2008, Camille was the Senior Vice President of Communications for the Los Angeles Dodgers, overseeing corporate communications, media relations, internal communications, publications, and broadcasting. …A veteran of the 1992 and 1996 Clinton-Gore campaigns, Camille also served as Communications Director for Mrs. Tipper Gore from 1999 to 2001, Press Secretary for Labor Secretary Robert Reich and Education Secretary Richard Riley, and Communications Director for OSHA. …At the end of the Clinton Administration in 2001, Johnston joined Rodale Inc. the largest independent publisher in the U.S. as Vice President of Corporate Communications. From 1997 to 1999, Johnston was the Director of Communications for WBBM-TV in Chicago, Illinois. …Camille holds a B.A. in political science from UCLA, and is based in Washington, DC.

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Management

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Peter Löscher, MBA – President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG

  Born on September 17, 1957 in Villach, Austria. Education: Studied economics at Vienna University of Economics and Business and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong; Vienna University of Economics and Business, MBA; Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program. Professional history ; 1985 Kienbaum und Partner – Senior Management Consultant; 1988 Hoechst Group (merged with Rhone Poulenc Rohrer) – Various Management Positions in Spain, the USA, Germany, the UK and Japan; 2000 Aventis Pharma Ltd., Japan – Chairman, President and CEO; 2002 Amersham plc, UK (acquired by General Electric) – President of Amersham Health and Member of the Board of Directors, UK – Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, UK; 2004 General Electric Company (GE) – President and CEO of GE Healthcare Bio-Sciences. GE Healthcare, UK – Member of the Executive Board; 2006 Merck & Co., Inc. – President of Global Human Health; July 2007 Joined Siemens AG- President and Chief Executive Officer. External positions: Member of the Supervisory Board of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG, Munich; Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business (APA); Vice Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT); Co-Chairman of the EU-Russia Industrialists’ Round Table (IRT). Honors: Michigan State University, Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, 2008; Grand Decoration of Honor in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria; Honorary Professorship at Tongji University, 2011.

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Roland Busch, Dr. – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Brigitte Ederer, Magister – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Klaus Helmrich – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Barbara Kux, MBA – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Hermann Requardt , Prof. Dr. – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Siegfried Russwurm, Prof. Dr. – Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG

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Peter Y. Solmssen – Member of the Managing Board and General Counsel of Siemens AG

 B. in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1955. Special responsibilitiesHead of Corporate Legal and Compliance; Corporate Data Protection; Americas. Professional history: 1980 Judge Clarence C. Newcomer, United States Federal District Court, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Law Clerk; 1982 Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Attorney Specializing in Securities Law; 1989 Morgan, Lewis & Brocklus LLP, Philadelphia, PA, USA – Senior Partner Specializing in International Mergers & Acquisitions and Securities Law; 1998 General Electric Company (GE). GE Plastics, Pittsfield, MA, USA – Vice President and General Counsel; 2002 General Electric Company. GE Medical Systems, Waukesha, WI, USA
- Vice President and General Counsel; 2004 General Electric Company. GE Healthcare, Chalfont St. Giles, UK – Executive Vice President and General Counsel; October 2007: Joined Siemens AG – Member of the Managing Board and General Counsel.

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Supervisory Board

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Dr. Gerhard Cromme
Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Siemens AG
and ThyssenKrupp AG
Member since: 1/23/2003

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Berthold Huber*
First Deputy Chairman
First Chairman, IG Metall
Member since: 7/1/2004

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Dr. Josef Ackermann
Second Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank AG
Member since: 1/23/2003

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Lothar Adler*
Chairman of the Central Works Council of Siemens AG
Member since: 1/23/2003

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Jean-Louis Beffa
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain S.A.
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Gerd von Brandenstein
Economist
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Michael Diekmann
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Dr. Hans Michael Gaul
Supervisory Board member
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss
President of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e.V.
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Bettina Haller*
Chairwoman of the Combine Works Council,
Siemens AG
Member since: 4/1/2007

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Hans-Jürgen Hartung*
Chairman of the Works Council, Siemens Energy Sector, Erlangen, Germany
Member since: 1/27/2009

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Dr. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller
President and Chairwoman of the Managing Board of TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Harald Kern*
Member of the Central Works Council of Siemens AG
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Werner Mönius*
Chairman of the Siemens Europe Committee
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Håkan Samuelsson
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Dieter Scheitor*
Trade Union Commissioner for Siemens, IG Metall
Member since: 1/25/2007

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Dr. Rainer Sieg*
Chairman of the Committee of Spokespersons,
Siemens group
Chairman of the Central Committee of Spokespersons, Siemens AG
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Birgit Steinborn*
Deputy Chairwoman of the Central Works Council, Siemens AG
Member since: 1/24/2008

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Lord Iain Vallance of Tummel
Chairman, Amsphere Ltd.
Member since: 1/23/2003

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Sibylle Wankel*
Attorney, Bavarian Regional Headquarters, IG Metall
Member since: 4/1/2009

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