• Born in 1944

• Nationality:

German

• Degrees in electrical and mechanical engineering, doctorate

  in engineering (Dr.-Ing.), and an honorary doctorate

• 1999 - 2007

Member of the Management Board of Siemens AG

• Member of the supervisory boards of Heitec AG, SAP AG, and Leoni AG

• Since 2007                

Managing Director of Dr. Klaus Wucherer
Innovations- und Technologieberatungs-GmbH,
Erlangen

• President of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)

• Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften
  (German Academy of Science and Engineering)