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Former
head of Strategy Department, Horst J. Kayser, responsible for Siemens’
Portfolio Companies
Peter Körte (44) has been appointed the new head of Siemens’ Strategy
Department, effective February 1, 2020. In this role, he will succeed Horst J. Kayser,
who has been responsible for Siemens’ Portfolio Companies since the beginning
of January and has headed the Strategy Department on an acting basis since that
time. As head of Strategy, Körte will report directly to Deputy CEO Roland
Busch. Körte currently heads the Digital Health unit at Siemens Healthineers’ Diagnostic
Imaging business.
Focus
on Industrial Internet of Things
Former
head of Strategy Department, Horst J. Kayser, responsible for Siemens’
Portfolio Companies
Peter Körte (44) has been appointed the new head of Siemens’ Strategy
Department, effective February 1, 2020. In this role, he will succeed Horst J. Kayser,
who has been responsible for Siemens’ Portfolio Companies since the beginning
of January and has headed the Strategy Department on an acting basis since that
time. As head of Strategy, Körte will report directly to Deputy CEO Roland
Busch. Körte currently heads the Digital Health unit at Siemens Healthineers’ Diagnostic
Imaging business.
“Drawing on his extensive cross-industry and international expertise in
digitalization – in both strategy and operations – he will play an important
role in continuing the development of Siemens’ strategies for digitalization
and the Internet of Things,” said Roland Busch. “I’m extremely pleased that we’ve
been able to acquire him for this task, which will play a key role in the further
development of our company.”
Industrial
IoT is one of Siemens’ largest growth drivers. The company wants to expand its
leading IoT platform in the B2B area and thus tap digitalization’s full
potential for the benefit of its customers. “We want to foster an ecosystem for
customers, suppliers and partners in all our sectors and for the entire company,”
said Roland Busch. “Digitalization and IoT are crucial growth drivers for our
customers and for Siemens.”
Peter Körte began his career at Siemens in 2007 as a member of the company’s
strategy department. At that time, he was responsible for implementing Siemens’
Fit42010 program and
preparing the setup of the company’s Infrastructure & Cities Sector. In
2011, he moved to Siemens’ healthcare business, where he held several
management positions in diagnostics and imaging. Before joining Siemens, Körte
worked for Boston Consulting Group.
Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, Siemens generated revenue of €86.8 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2019, the company had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet www.siemens.com.