Siemens at Light + Building 2024: Digital press pack 

Dr. Eva Riesenhuber is responsible for Siemens AG’s global activities in the area of sustainability. In this role, she combines her passion for the topics of society and the environment with her extensive knowledge of business, finance and law. Her vision is to drive further progress and transparency in Siemens’ contributions to climate action, alleviating pressure on biodiversity as well as the technology company’s impact on society. One key part of her work is helping customers and partners from different industries to achieve their accelerated sustainability goals. To this end, she works together with the Siemens businesses to develop new solutions and business models for reducing emissions and increasing resource efficiency. By enhancing and implementing measures in the areas of decarbonization, ethics, governance, resource efficiency, equity and employability, she also supports Siemens’ DEGREE framework. 

Dr. Eva Riesenhuber has many years of experience in finance and in business development: She has worked as a finance lawyer at leading law firms in New York. At Siemens, she has served in such roles as Senior Vice President in the area of mergers and acquisitions, CFO and general partner at Next47, and, most recently, as Head of Investor Relations.  

Andreas Matthé is the CEO of the business unit “Electrical Products” at Siemens Smart Infrastructure since April 1, 2020, and leads its global activities. Previously, he was responsible for the Low Voltage Products business at Siemens for ten years. Before that, he held management positions over several years for Siemens in the areas of Power Automation and Power Transmission and Distribution. 

With more than 30 years of experience in international management with positions in Germany, China and South Africa, Matthé contributes to the smart electrical infrastructure transformation by leading the global “Electrical Products” team of Siemens Smart Infrastructure. The business unit develops smart solutions and creates real customer value – tackling the challenges of a digital, electrical world to achieve high performance with low voltage.

Jesco Doyen is the Product Manager for Circuit Protection devices, responsible for full product development through to launch and beyond.

In this role, Jesco is focused on creating meaningful impact and delivering real benefits for customers by combining new technology with existing behaviors, to address current and future energy distribution challenges. Indeed, the key objective for Jesco is to create innovative devices for customers, which are able to change the way in which power is controlled.

Before working in product management, Jesco held roles in Quality Management, where he was responsible for circuit protection devices including RCD´s and AFDD´s. In such roles, he was involved in bringing new technologies, such as arc fault detection, to the market. Prior to this Jesco worked for Siemens Healthineers where he focused on MRI technology.

As the Chief Technology Officer at Enlighted, Colm is responsible for driving the company's product and technology strategy. Leading a team of dedicated engineers and product managers, he is focused on making a meaningful impact. Colm passionately promotes the transformative power of AI and its ability to create smarter buildings and contribute to a greener planet. 

Prior to working at Enlighted, Colm was a data analytics leader at Allianz, where he focused on using data to create data products for large institutional investors including corporate pension funds, family offices, institutional asset managers. At Allianz he created key innovative investment products, built on top of a modern data architecture and analytics platform.  

Colm is energized and inspired to be part of a company helping shape the future of work and making a difference in our global fight against climate change.