Studies and PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Technology in Dortmund/Germany
1992 – 1998: several positions within ABB AG, Mannheim, as well as ABB Corporate Research Ltd, Heidelberg
1998 - 2000: Member of the Management Team of ABB´s business area “High Voltage Products and Substations”, Zurich
2001 - 2018 RWTH Aachen University: Full Professorship and Director of Institute for High Voltage Technology, Aachen
2003 - 2013 Managing Director of "Forschungsgemeinschaft für elektrische Anlagen und Stromwirtschaft e.V. (FGH e.V.)" – Research Association of Power Systems and Power Economics (non-profit organization)
2013 - 2015: Senior Vice President of Siemens AG Corporate Technology Head of New Technology Fields
2016 - 2020: Senior Vice President of Siemens AG Corporate Technology Head of Research in Energy and Electronics
02.-04/2020 Executive Vice President
04/2020-09/2021 CEO New Energy Business bei Siemens Energy
Memberships
Member of IEEE, Cigré (German committee) and Power Engineering Society within VDE (VDE ETG)
