Jürgen Gehrels

German businessman

Jürgen Carlos Gehrels FIET (born 24 July 1935)[1] is a German businessman, and a former Chief Executive and Chairman of Siemens UK (Siemens Holdings plc).

## Early life

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He was the son of Dr Hans Gehrels and Ursula da Rocha. He attended the Technical University of Munich and Technische Universität Berlin.

## Career

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### Siemens

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From 1965-79 he worked for Siemens AG in Germany.

Former Siemens microprocessor factory in March 2009, now Cobalt Park

### Siemens UK

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He became Chief Executive of Siemens UK in 1986. In 1995 he was responsible for opening the Siemens Semiconductors plant on North Tyneside, a £1.1bn inward investment; the largest-ever inward investment in the UK. The plant was opened by the Queen in May 1997. The site is now the Cobalt Business Park, off the A19.

He left as Chairman of Siemens UK in September 2007.[2] At the time, Siemens employed around 20,000 people in the UK, turning over around £3.5bn.

## Personal life

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He lives at Porlezza in Italy. He married Sigrid Kausch in 1963, and they had a son and a daughter. He is an Anglophile.[3]

## References

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1. ^ Companies House
2. ^ Siemens 2007
3. ^ The Engineer

## External links

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* 2005 photography
* Siemens UK

Business positions

Preceded by

|  Chairman of Siemens UK
1998 - September 2007  | Succeeded by

Alan Wood

Preceded by

|  Chief Executive of Siemens UK
1986 - March 1998  | Succeeded by

Alan Wood

* v
* t
* e

Siemens

Divisions and
subsidiaries|

| Current|

* Digital Industries
* Siemens Digital Industries Software
* Smart Infrastructure
* Siemens Building Technologies
* Siemens Mobility
* Siemens Financial Services
* Siemens Healthineers
* Varian Medical Systems

|

Former &
defunct|

* C. A. Parsons and Company1
* Dispolok2
* Duewag1
* Helios2
* Infineon Technologies2
* Mentor Graphics1
* Osram2
* Roke Manor Research2
* ROLM1
* Siemens Communications1
* Siemens Dematic2
* Siemens Home & Office Communication Devices2
* Siemens Hearing Instruments2
* Siemens IT Solutions & Services2
* Siemens Mobile2
* Siemens VAI1
* Siemens Nixdorf2
* Siemens Plessey2
* Siemens VDO2
* Wincor Nixdorf2
* Siemens Energy2
* Energy Sector
* Siemens Gamesa

Joint ventures &
investments|

| Current|

* Atos (15%)

|

Former &
defunct|

* A2SEA (49%)
* Areva NP (34%)
* BiiN
* BSH Bosch & Siemens Home Appliances
* Gaggenau
* NEFF
* Eurotrain
* Fujitsu Siemens Computers
* KraussMaffei
* Nokia Siemens Networks (49.9%)
* PolyGram2 (50%)
* Siemens Matsushita Components
* Unify (49%)
* Primetals Technologies2
* German Shanghai Metro Group

Predecessors|

* Siemens & Halske
* Siemens-Schuckert
* Siemens-Reiniger-Werke

Products,
services &
projects|

| Current|

* FINEX
* Locomotives
* Multiple units
* Siemens Modular Metro
* Siemens Inspiro
* Siemens Desiro
* Siemens SP260D
* Siemens SP90G
* Siemens Velaro
* Simatic
* Software products
* Tram vehicles
* Mobility projects

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Defunct|

* Elektrische Viktoria
* Mobile phones
* SIMpad

People|

* Roland Busch
* Wilfried Feldenkirchen
* Karlheinz Kaske
* Klaus Kleinfeld
* Peter Löscher
* Bernhard Plettner
* Heinrich von Pierer
* John Rabe
* Jim Reid-Anderson
* Erich Reinhardt
* Ernst von Siemens
* Carl Friedrich von Siemens
* Carl Heinrich von Siemens
* Hermann von Siemens
* Werner von Siemens
* Georg Wilhelm von Siemens
* Carl Wilhelm Siemens
* Gerd Tacke

Places|

* Großsiedlung Siemensstadt
* Northampton Kings Heath Siemens Depot
* Siemens Goole
* Siemensstadt

Other|

* Phoebus cartel
* Siemens Competition
* Siemens Foundation
* Siemens Open
* Siemens scandals
* Japan, 1914
* Greece, 2008
* Siemens and unions
* Werner von Siemens Ring
* List of Siemens products

* 1Now integrated into other Siemens divisions or business groupings
* 2Sold

* Category
* Commons

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