Overview

• Birgit Steinborn will step down as chair of the Siemens Gesamtbetriebsrat at the end of August after 11½ years in office.
• Tobias Bäumler was unanimously chosen by the council to take over leadership in a planned generational handover ahead of upcoming works-council elections.
• Steinborn will retain her role as deputy chair of Siemens’ supervisory board, preserving her influence over co-determination matters.
• IG Metall second chairman Jürgen Kerner and Siemens HR chief Judith Wiese both praised the new leadership team and Steinborn’s collaborative record.
• The transition follows Steinborn’s recent negotiation of an Interessenausgleich and a transformationsvereinbarung to manage cuts of several thousand automation jobs.