Joe Kaeser is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens Energy AG and Daimler Truck Holding AG. From 2013 until 2021, he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens AG.
Mr. Kaeser is also Supervisory Board Member at Linde plc. and acts as a Senior Advisor at EIG, a leading institutional investor in the global energy and infrastructure sectors. In addition to his service in the Board of Trustees of the WEF, he is the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Munich Security Conference.
Mr. Kaeser is passionate about innovation, inclusive capitalism and the transformation of business and society. He strongly believes that companies must contribute to the welfare of society in a sustainable way. However, this can be achieved only from a position of strength. Thus, competitive and sustainable profitability is a crucial duty. His mantra is: “The business of business is to serve society.”
In an increasingly fragmented world, it is more important than ever for companies to have a clear compass. Transparent sustainable management goals can be this north star.
There is an historic opportunity for the energy transition if we reconcile supply security with decarbonization, more renewables and sector coupling tech.
La Chine deviendra la plus grande économie du monde d'ici 2030.
Desacoplar las principales economías del mundo es una receta para el apocalipsis económico. Es hora de que aprendamos a cooperar y competir.
Decoupling the world’s leading economies is a recipe for economic apocalypse. It’s time we learned to cooperate and compete.
The times when 'the business of business is business' are over. Employees want to know what their bosses think about global issues, and what their company stands for.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution requires businesses to assume greater social responsibility.
