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Andreas J. Goss Appointed Chief Executive at Siemens in the UK
FRIMLEY, England, June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- - Andreas J. Goss has Been Appointed Chief Executive of Siemens in the UK and North West Europe. Andreas J. Goss, who has been Chief Financial Officer in the UK since April 2006, will take on the role with immediate effect. Andreas J. Goss first joined Siemens in 1985 and held a number of management assignments within Siemens in the USA and Germany before his position as CFO of Siemens plc in the UK. Besides his role at Siemens, Goss is also a member of the Economic Affairs Committee of the Confederation of British Industry. Horst J. Kayser, the current chief executive, is leaving Siemens to pursue a new career as chief executive at KUKA AG, Augsburg (Germany). Roland Jaksch will take over from Goss as Chief Financial Officer in the UK and North West Europe from 1 July 2008. Roland Jaksch joins from his position as CFO for Draeger Medical, a joint venture company between Siemens and Draeger and one of the world's leading manufacturers of medical equipment. Notes to Editors: About Siemens in the UK Siemens was established in the United Kingdom 165 years ago. The company employs 20,387 people in the UK, including about 6,000 in the manufacturing sector. Last year's revenues were GBP3.6 billion, including exports of GBP873 million, and it spent almost GBP70 million on research and development. As a leading global engineering company, Siemens provides innovative solutions to help tackle the world's major challenges, across the key industrial sectors of energy, industry and healthcare. Siemens has offices and factories throughout the UK, with its headquarters in Frimley, Surrey. The company's global headquarters is in Munich, Germany. For more information, visit http://www.siemens.co.uk
