Juergen Maier is the Managing Director of Siemens UK Industry Sector, a leading global supplier of production, transport and building technologies. In the UK this activity represents a business volume of around £1’’5 billion, and employs around 5000 people.
Prior to taking up this role in October 2008, Juergen has held a number of senior business and manufacturing roles within Siemens in the UK and Germany, most recently as Director of European sales and marketing for Siemens low voltage controls business, and Managing Director of Siemens Shared Services UK.
On joining Siemens in 1986, after obtaining a BSC (Hons) in production engineering from Nottingham Trent University, Juergen held a number of manufacturing roles including Manufacturing Director of Siemens Variable Speed Drives factory in Congleton, Cheshire.
Juergen supports a number of UK wide initiatives in support of Manufacturing and engineering skills including Board Membership of the Sector Skills council SEMTA.
Born 1964 in Germany with Austrian nationality, he came to the UK in 1974.
Siemens Industry in the UK operates across a wide range of sectors, creating value through automating industry lifecycles and providing products and solutions to increase productivity, enhance flexibility and improve efficiency.