Siemens US CEO steps down

Siemens US CEO, Eric Spiegel will leave the company at the end of the year at age 59.

Spiegel will be replaced by Judith Marks, effective 1 January 2017. In addition, Lisa Davis has been appointed chair and CEO of Siemens Corp., effective the same date.

“[Spiegel] has grown Siemens’ business and furthered our reputation in the US as a critical contributor to the country’s economic, manufacturing and innovation engines, and we thank him for his leadership,” said Davis, who leads the company’s global energy operations from its oil and gas headquarters in Houston. “[Marks] has a deep knowledge of Siemens’ entire portfolio that will serve us well during this time of transition and into the future.”

Marks began her career at Siemens in 2011 as president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, Inc., where she led the company’s approach to the federal market. Before coming to Siemens she spent 27 years with Lockheed Martin and its predecessor companies. She will assume the US CEO role in addition to her current position as executive vice president at Dresser-Rand, a Siemens business.

Image: Judith Marks/Siemens

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