Prof. Dr Hermann Requardt

“Helmholtz scientists are working to secure a sustainable and economical supply of energy. This requires comprehensive research approaches that include all the energy chains and consider factors relevant to both the climate and the environment. We are researching innovative technologies for the effective conversion, storage, distribution and use of energy. Our long-term goal is to replace finite energy sources with permanent, sustainable and climate-neutral forms.”

Professor Dr Hermann Requardt, 55, is senator of the Helmholtz Association for the Research Field "Energy" and a member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare Sector.

After completing his studies in physics and philosophy at the Darmstadt University of Technology and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt and receiving a doctorate in biophysics, he worked at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine at the German Aerospace Center.

In 1984 he joined the Medical Technology Group of Siemens AG, where he was responsible for projects in the Magnetic Resonance (MR) division. He was appointed head of the division in 1995. From 2001 to 2006, as a member of the Executive Management of the Medical Solutions Group, he was responsible for several areas, including technological development.

In 2006 he became a Member of the Siemens’ Managing Board and head of Corporate Technology. He was additionally appointed as the Sector Healthcare CEO in 2008.

Since 2006 he is an honorary professor in physics of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt.