Siemens Appoints New CEO of Buildings Business Unit

Siemens has appointed Susanne Seitz as CEO of the Buildings Business Unit, which is part of Smart Infrastructure. The unit is a newly formed business unit that brings together all Siemens’ buildings-related businesses into one entity, effective October 1, 2024.

With a combined portfolio of products, software, and services, the Buildings Business Unit is a technology partner for digital transformation, focused on reliable and cost-efficient building operations, decarbonisation, and energy efficiency, as well as successful business operations for customers across wide-ranging industries.

“Making existing and new buildings more sustainable has never been more urgent. After all, buildings generate more than 40 percent of annual global CO2 emissions and we have a responsibility to drive their decarbonisation,” said Matthias Rebellius, managing board member and CEO of Smart Infrastructure. “Smarter buildings bring value to their owners, users, operators, and to the world around them. I am confident in the newly formed leadership team. Together with the combined expertise of almost 30,000 people globally, we can take our leadership position in the buildings market to the next level and pave the way to smart buildings of the future.”

The Buildings Business Unit works with customers and with an expanding ecosystem of partners across more than 60 countries and in key industries, including healthcare, data centres, higher education, commercial real estate, pharmaceutical and life science, and food and beverage. The business unit’s portfolio includes products for building control, fire safety and security, automation and operation, data-driven services, decarbonisation programmes and software, including Building X, Siemens’ scalable digital building platform to digitalise, manage and optimise building operations.

“I am excited to have the opportunity to grow this dynamic business. With innovative technology, we can accelerate the transformation of buildings to make them smarter, self-adaptive, and more autonomous, harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence, IT/OT convergence, and digital services. This supports our customers in reducing their emissions and costs while improving user experience in buildings,” said Seitz.

Based in Zug, Switzerland, Seitz previously served as the Head of Sales and Marketing at Siemens Smart Infrastructure, leading the transformation towards digital sales and marketing globally. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President EMEA at Landis+ Gyr and a Member of the Group Executive Management.

For some 16 years preceding this, Seitz held different positions at Siemens, including Head of Strategy and M&A, Head of Security, and Vice President for the global buildings systems and solutions business. She is a Swiss native and holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Technology from ETH Zurich and an Executive MBA from the University of St. Gallen.