Management Structure

Alex joined Siemens in March 2006 and in addition to her strategic executive director role, she leads the legal team with a particular focus on providing commercial and transactional support for the Divisions and Businesses of the Sectors in Energy, Industry, Healthcare and IT.  Her scope of responsibility extends to managing efficient cross-business legal support, drawing on expertise in Siemens Legal Corporate or in Siemens Sector organizations, or external legal support as needed for all Siemens subsidiaries and associated companies within Southern Africa.

Alex started her legal career as an attorney where she practiced in commercial law, corporate law and litigation for a few years before joining the corporate environment with a  UK owned multinational company.

In 2009 Alex was nominated for SA Leading Women in Business & Government. She featured in the 2008 & 2009 Little Black Book” which is the Financial Mail’s guide on most influential black decision makers. In 2007 she received the Siemens CEO award for Outstanding Business Support. She also featured in the 2004 “.Leading Women in Business: Magazine” for her role in the private security sector as National Chairperson of the Industry Association.

Alex is married and a mother of three.

Andrew worked on various scientific projects at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa before moving to England to participate in research projects for the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the European Space Agency.

After four years in the R&D field, Andrew took the decision to pursue a more business orientated career and completed an MBA, specialising in Corporate Finance, Turnarounds and Private Equity, at the London Business School.

On completion of his MBA, Andrew took-up a position at American conglomerate, FMC, based in Chicago, USA. He was responsible for the optimisation of the companys portfolio businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a period of two years before joining Siemens in 1995 as a Sales Engineer in the submarine cable systems business.

Following this, Andrew moved into the network engineering field and in the ensuing seven years worked in various roles in OEN, ranging from turnkey projects, sales for product systems including service on the sales and implementation side, as well as turnarounds and corporate re-structuring projects.

In 2003, Andrew made the move to Corporate Finance focusing on shareholder controlling for the Asia region. After only a year in this position, he again started working on corporate projects for the Siemens Managing Board and additionally headed-up the corporate turnaround of the former Siemens Business Services (SBS).

Two years later, Andrew took over responsibility for shareholder controlling for the Africa, Middle East and CIS region and further led the negotiations and carve-out of the Siemens telecommunications business into the joint venture company, Nokia Siemens Networks.

Following this, Andrew returned to South Africa as the CFO of Siemens Southern Africa in 2008.

 

After moving to the Pinetown branch in KZN in 1992 as a project engineer, he returned to Johannesburg in 1995 and was appointed head of the engineering department of the Industrial & Building Systems and Automation business unit.

Stuart was transferred to Siemens AG in Germany in 1997, taking over the management of a service group providing specialist engineering services worldwide to the power generation and distribution business divisions of Siemens. He was involved in numerous business development activities in Europe, the United Kingdom and China and successfully completed a challenging project management assignment in Mexico.

Stuart joined the business development group of the Industrial Services division in Germany in 2002 where he was responsible for the coordination and development of business in the Americas, working primarily in the USA and Mexico. In early 2003 he was transferred to Atlanta in the USA to lead a business reengineering project in San Francisco, which culminated in the reorganization and realignment of the entire industrial service business in the USA.

Returning to Germany at the end of 2003, Stuart was appointed Regional Business Manager for North West Europe and Africa, where he was responsible for established and developing regions, including The Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine and South Africa.

Stuart returned to South Africa in May 2007 as the Divisional Managing Director of the Industry Solutions business division of Siemens Limited and was appointed Sector Cluster Lead for Industry for the Southern Africa Cluster in 2008.

Stuart is 49 years old and is married to Barbara. They have two children, Andrew (21) and Robyn (19).

After achieving his doctorate in Engineering and spending 4 years at the University of Erlangen-Nuremburg; Dr. Russwurm joined Siemens in 1992. He was appointed to the Siemens AG Board  in January 2008.