Dr. Ulf Mark Schneider is designated Chairman of Siemens, one of the world’s most renowned technology companies with over 300,000 employees and Germany’s most valuable publicly traded company, and previously was CEO of Nestlé, the world’s largest food and beverage group headquartered in Switzerland with nearly 300,000 employees, and CEO of Fresenius, a leading healthcare group and DAX-listed company with approximately 200,000 employees. Dr. Schneider is undoubtedly one of the most respected and influential top managers of Europe and the world and is the first of only two executives to have received both of Germany’s most prestigious “Manager of the Year” awards.
Prior to his appointments as CEO of Nestlé and Fresenius, Dr. Schneider served as CFO of Fresenius Medical Care, the global market leader in dialysis products. Before that, he spent more than a decade with the Haniel Group, holding positions such as CFO of Gehe UK and vice president of North American operations, and various other executive roles at Halfen GmbH. Dr. Schneider began his career as an executive assistant to the board at Haniel.
Dr. Schneider studied finance and accounting at the University of St. Gallen, where he also earned his doctorate, and obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School.