Lisa Davis (businesswoman)

Lisa A. Davis (born October 15, 1963) is an American businesswoman, the chair of Siemens Corporation (USA) since January 2017.[1] Davis was a member of the managing board of Siemens,[2] and global CEO of Siemens Gas and Power Operating Company.[3]

Early life

Lisa Davis was born in the US on October 15, 1963.[4] She earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.[4]

Career

After graduating from university, Davis became an engineer for ExxonMobil, where she managed operations at the Prudhoe Bay Oil Field, and later worked for Texaco and Royal Dutch Shell.[5]

In November 2016, it was announced that Davis would succeed Eric Spiegel as CEO of Siemens USA following his retirement at the end of the year.[6]

In 2018, she was assessed as being the 37th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.[7][8] After profits in Siemens' energy division went down by 75% in 2018, the company decided to separate the division into its own company. In 2019, she became co-CEO of Siemens Gas and Power Operating Company.[9] She left the Siemens managing board in February 2020 to support Siemens CEO Kaeser until her contract expired in October 2020.[10]

References
  1. "Lisa Davis Named Siemens Corp. Chair, CEO - WashingtonExec". washingtonexec.com. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. "Houston Siemens exec: We need to do more to bring women to tech". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  3. "Supervisory Board extends appointment of Managing Board member Lisa Davis". www.siemens.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  4. "Lisa Davis". www.siemens.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  5. "Lisa Davis: reflections on her education and career". Catalyst Magazine. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  6. Alessi, Christopher (2016-11-24). "U.S. Executive Leads Siemens Through Tough Times". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  7. "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women". forbes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  8. "Lisa Davis". forbes.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  9. "Lisa Davis". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
  10. "Lisa Davis". Fortune. Retrieved 2022-10-26.


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