The general meeting of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Berlin/Germany, has elected Siegfried Russwurm as President (Figure 1). Russwurm is chairman of the supervisory boards of industrial companies thyssenkrupp AG and Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA. He was a member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG from 2008 to 2017. Russwurm succeeded Dieter Kempf on 1st January 2021, whose term of office ended on 31st December 2020. Kempf became Vice President of the BDI after the end of his term of office in accordance with the statutes. (BDI/Si.)
Fig. 1. Siegfried Russwurm. Photo: BDI
