Executive Management

Global Leadership

Andreas Umbach

  • President & CEO
  • Appointed in 2001
  • Various executive positions within Siemens
  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering, TU Berlin; MBA University of Texas, Austin
  • German

Andreas Spreiter

  • Executive Vice President & CFO
  • Appointed in 2002
  • Formerly Head of Controlling and Head of Center of Competence I&C of Landis+Gyr
  • Degree in Industrial Engineering & Business Administration, ETH Zurich
  • Swiss and British

Jon Stretch

  • Executive Vice President EMEA
  • Appointed in 2010
  • Various executive positions in the IT and telecommunications industry, e.g., AT&T, IBM and, more recently CEO of AAPT
  • Degree in Computer Science, University of Melbourne
  • Australian

Richard Mora

  • Executive Vice President North America
  • Appointed in 2000
  • Formerly Director of Quality at Siemens PTD; Manager M&A at GE Capital
  • BA Economics, Stanford University
  • American

Àlvaro Dias Jùnior

  • Executive Vice President South America
  • Appointed in 2005
  • CEO of Landis+Gyr Brazil
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering Universidate de Campinas, São Paolo
  • Brazilian

Oliver Iltisberger

  • Executive Vice President Asia Pacific
  • Appointed in 2010
  • Formerly COO Landis+Gyr EMEA; various management positions at Siemens
  • Joint Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration, TU of Darmstadt
  • German

Dieter Hecht

  • Executive Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer
  • Appointed in 2003
  • Former Executive Board Member Eon (Sales, power trade) and GE ITS Europe
  • Degree in Marketing & HR, University of Appl. Sc. Munich; Exec. Program, GE University
  • German

Branko Bjelajac

  • Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
  • Appointed in 2007
  • Various executive positions at Mannesmann/Vodafone, Grundig, SITA and Orange
  • Degree in Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade; Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, TU Aachen; Executive Program at INSEAD
  • German and Serbian