Michael Suess
Michael Suess (born December 25, 1963 in Munich, Germany) is a German engineer.
Career
Suess studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University Munich and, while a student, began working as a technician at the BMW foundry. After graduation, he began his professional career in 1989 as production engineer at BMW in Munich.
In 1994, he received his doctorate (Dr. rer. Pol.) from the Institute for Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics at the Technical University Kassel, Germany.
After serving various positions at BMW, IDRA Press S.p.A. in Italy and Porsche AG, Suess was appointed to the Managing Board of Mössner AG in Munich in 1999. Following the takeover of the company by the Georg-Fischer Group, Suess was named Chairman of the Managing Board of GF Mössner GmbH.
In 2001, he took over as Chief Operating Officer at MTU Aero Engines GmbH in Munich and was responsible for production, development and procurement. Following the public listing of the company, Suess joined the Managing Board of MTU Aero Engines Holding AG and was responsible for the company’s technology portfolio.
Suess then joined Siemens AG in 2006 as President of the company’s Power Generation Group. As CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division beginning in 2008, he was responsible for the fossil power plant business. From April 2011 to May 2014, he was a member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO of the company’s Energy Sector.
As CEO of Siemens’ Energy Sector, Michael Suess was actively engaged in discussions on how to achieve a secure, sustainable and, above all, affordable energy transition in Germany.[1][2]
Since 2010 he helds a supervisory Board position at Herrenknecht AG the German based World market leader of tunnel drilling rigs
Michael Suess has been a guest lecturer at the Technical University Munich since 2013.
Since Jan. 2015 he is CEO of the GMH Group, a privately owned German based company group of steel and casting companys
Additionally he serves as Chairman of Swiss based OC Oerlikon since April 2015 as well as First Vice Chairman of Austrian Electricity Company Verbund AG
In September 2015 he was appointed as Professor at the Technical University Munich
Personal life
Michael Suess is married and has four children.
References
- ↑ Renewable Energy Magazine: Siemens takes stock one year after Fukushima
- ↑ Arabian Business Magazine interview with Michael Suess