Michael Peter to be Siemens Mobility’s sole CEO
Sabrina Soussan will leave the company at her own request to take on a challenge outside Siemens AG, and Michael Peter will be Siemens Mobility’s sole CEO.
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Germany: Sabrina Soussan, who has been the Co-CEO until now, will leave the company at her own request to take on a new challenge outside Siemens AG, and Michael Peter will be Siemens Mobility’s sole CEO, effective July 10, 2020.
Until her contract ends on 31 December, 2020, Ms. Soussan will remain available to Siemens Mobility in an advisory capacity.
“We deeply regret that Sabrina Soussan is leaving us. At the same time, we understand her decision. We thank Ms. Soussan for her outstanding achievements at Siemens and wish her every success in her new role,” said Roland Busch, member of the Managing Board and Deputy CEO of Siemens AG, where he is responsible, among other things, for Siemens Mobility.
“With Michael Peter as CEO, Siemens Mobility has a recognised expert for transportation, automation and digitalisation at its helm. Together with Sabrina Soussan, he has very successfully developed our mobility business and has further improved its performance. For customers and employees, he stands for continuity in the top management of this successful area of business,” Busch continued.
In addition to being responsible for rail automation and road-traffic management systems, Michael Peter heads the turnkey solutions and rail electrification businesses. He will now also head the functions in the rolling stock area and customers services that Sabrina Soussan has been responsible for until now. Peter earned a degree in electrical engineering at Technische Universität Braunschweig in Germany and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in Spain. For the past 25 years, he has served in various capacities at Siemens in countries including Germany, Spain, Thailand, and the U.S.
Soussan has been working at Siemens for more than 20 years in a variety of positions in Germany, France, Japan, the UK, and Switzerland. As Head of the Mobility Division, she was also responsible for the Mainline Transport and Urban Transport Business Units – the businesses with high-speed trains, commuter and regional trains, locomotives, metro systems, and tram and light rail systems as well as service. She holds a university degree in mechanical and aeronautical engineering and an MBA from universities in France and Ireland.
Source: Siemens