Interview: Dietmer Siersdorfer, Siemens Energy CEO

Dietmar Siersdorfer, CEO of Siemens Energy Sector Middle East.

Meet Dietmar Siersdorfer
Dietmar Siersdorfer has been the CEO for the Energy sector in the Middle East since June 2008, and is based in the United Arabian Emirates. This position includes the responsibility for the Energy Conversion Chain from Oil & Gas, the Fossil Power Generation, the Power Transmission, the Power Distribution, the Renewable Energy, and the Service business for all local and international activities in the Middle East.

He joined Siemens in 1987 in Mannheim, Germany as an electrical engineer, and over the years Siersdorfer has held various technical and management positions in the Industry and Energy sectors.

From 1997 he spent two years at the regional local headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, promoting the Industry sector business in south East Asia and following this, took over the global responsibility for manufacturing execution systems within Siemens AG in Erlangen.

In 2004 Siersdorfer took over the position as Executive Senior Vice President for fossil power generation for Europe, Africa, Middle East and India.

In 2006, he became then the President and CEO of the global, fossil energy solutions business within the Siemens Power Generation division.

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