Prior to taking up this role in October 2006, Juergen has held a number senior business and manufacturing roles within with Siemens in the UK and Germany.

Most recently he was director of European sales and marketing for Siemens low voltage controls business and Managing Director, Siemens Shared Services UK. Previous roles also included spearheading Siemens’ UK eBusiness initiative.

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.

Born 1964 in Germany with Austrian nationality, he came to the UK in 1974.

Siemens Automation and Drives works with a wide range of organisations worldwide developing products and solutions to improve the productivity and efficiency of its customers’ plants, factories and buildings.