Juergen Maier
- Industry sector lead for UK
Juergen Maier is the Managing Director of Siemens UK and Ireland Industry Sector, a leading global supplier of industrial plant and software, manufacturing automation and drive technologies to industrial customers across the UK. In the UK this activity represents a business volume of around £600 million and employs around 2,000 people.
Prior to taking up this role in October 2008, Juergen held a number of senior European roles within Siemens in the UK and Germany, including Director of Industrial Controls, two Divisional Managing Director roles and Manufacturing Director of the award winning Drives Factory in Congleton, Cheshire.
Juergen joined Siemens in 1986 after obtaining a BSC (Hons) in production engineering from Nottingham Trent University, on a Siemens sponsored graduate programme.
Juergen supports a number of UK wide initiatives in support of Manufacturing and engineering skills including Board Membership of the Sector Skills council SEMTA and Board Membership of the EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation.
Born 1964 in Germany with Austrian nationality, he came to the UK in 1974.