Listen to the "WEC Siemens Future Energy Leaders" Webcast

Originally aired August 25th, 2010

The World Energy Congress (WEC) brings together more than 3,500 top world leaders in the field of energy, coming from industry, governments, and international organizations, as well as the media, universities and energy industry associations.

The importance and the diversity of those involved in the WEC is highlighted in the WEC “future energy leaders” program (FELP). These WEC participants are already working in the industry and this event gives them an opportunity to bring their ideas and concerns before their peers from around the world, with expert mentors fulfilling the role of facilitators. The World Energy Council believes in giving the energy leaders of tomorrow an opportunity to exchange opinions and ideas on energy and its specific issues at the Montreal Congress.

To get an inside look into what it means to be a “Future Energy Leader” at WEC and in the industry of Energy, we spoke with several FELPs from Siemens, who joined us in an open and interactive discussion about what the future of energy looks like through the eyes of these young professionals.

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Matthias Müller joined Siemens’ Power Transmission Solutions Business Unit permanently in 2008, and has been working in engineering as well as project delivery for electrical energy transmission projects like HVDC interconnectors and FACTS since. In 2010 he joined the business development team for Grid Access Solutions at Siemens’ Manchester offices where he is working on current and prospective grid connection projects especially with regards to the so-called “UK-Round 3” and “Scottish Inshore” projects relating to an estimated future installed capacity of approximately 30GW of offshore wind parks.

Rafiq Hussain joined Siemens UK, Power Transmission and Distribution as a project trainee in January 2000. His career at Siemens has led him into several areas of the business is places like Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Germany as a project manager. Rafiq has engineering degrees from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and University of Pune. In 2006 he joined the marketing and sales group for the high voltage substations for countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangledesh, Sri Lanka and Australia.

Emma Semmerlroth joined Siemens five years ago as a Senior Project Analyst for Service Oil & Gas in the United Kingdom. From there she moved to Regional Head of Controlling Service Oil & Gas and two years ago found herself in China as Vice President for Business Administration Service Oil & Gas North East Asia, South Asia and Japan, as well as the Head of Controlling, Service Oil & Gas for the region Asia Pacific. She is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accounting (CIMA) and a certified Six Sigma Greenbelt.

Claudia Rottlingsberger joined Siemens in 1998. While her time at Siemens has given her experience along the value chain from manufacturing, in countries from Germany to Indonesia, to internal controls and sales boost initiative in Moscow, Russia, she now finds herself in Germany as a Sales Manager in the Fossil Power Generation group for Eastern Europe, Baltic and GUS states. She has bachelor degrees in commercial economics and business administration.

Martin Stiegler began his career at Siemens in 1997 in the Industrial Training program. His various sales and business development postions in Germany eventually led to Martin heading up the Siemens Energy Service group in China. Today, he finds himself in Orlando, FL, where he is a business development manager for their Service division. Martin is fluent in several languages and received formal education from VWA Essen, Germany and Hogeschool Zeeland, Netherlands, as well as an MBA from the Krannert School of Management.