Sabrina Soussan
Sabrina Soussan (born 1969 in Paris[1]) is an engineer and manager of French and German nationality.[2] Until December 31, 2021, Soussan has been CEO of dormakaba Holding AG, a global group in the access industry based in Switzerland where she now also lives with her family.[3][4]
Sabrina Soussan is often shown as one of only a few women in high leadership positions in the male-dominated field of technology, for example in Der Spiegel,[5] by Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)[6] or in a publication for the UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC) 2019.[7]
Life
Education
Soussan studied mechanical and aeronautical engineering at the École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique in Poitiers, France, and received her master's degree in 1992. In 1993, she completed her Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the Université de Poitiers in France and Dublin University in Ireland.[8]
Career
Soussan began her career at Renault in Paris as an engineer in engine research and development in 1994. From 1997 onwards, she worked in various positions at Siemens Automotive/Siemens VDO, first as project director for gasoline and diesel systems for Ford projects, then as managing director for diesel systems for the Renault-Nissan business unit, a position she initially kept[9] after Siemens sold its Siemens VDO division to Continental.[10]
Advancement at Siemens
In 2009, Soussan returned to Siemens as Head of Strategy and Marketing for Building Automation for the Building Technologies Division in Switzerland. In 2011, she became Vice President Sustainability and Energy Management in the same division before moving to the Mobility Division of Siemens in 2013, first as Vice President Commuter and Regional Trains, then as CEO of the Rolling Stock Business Unit in 2015 and as Co-CEO of Siemens Mobility, a company offering transportation solutions, from 2017 onwards.[11]
Moving to dormakaba
In April 2021, Sabrina Soussan left Siemens to succeed Riet Cadonau as CEO at dormakaba Holding AG, a global group in the access industry based in Switzerland, as of April 1, 2021.[12] She held this position until December 31, 2021.[13]
Other noteworthy positions
Sabrina Soussan has been a member of the Board of Directors of ITT Inc. since October 2018[14] and from April 2019 to April 2021, she was a member of the supervisory board of Schaeffler AG.[15]
References
- ^ "Biography of Sabrina Soussan" (PDF). Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Profile Sabrina Soussan". Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Dormakaba Appoints Sabrina Soussan As CEO Effective April 1, 2021". Reuters.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Feldges, Dominik (2021-03-15). "Eine Spezialistin für Wachstum soll es bei Dormakaba richten". Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Buchhorn, Eva (2019-01-03). "Top-Frauen der deutschen Wirtschaft: Diese Frauen werden 2019 noch mächtiger". Der Spiegel.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Frauenanteil im Kader: Nun gelten Geschlechterrichtwerte für Unternehmen". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Remarkable Women in Transport" (PDF). United Nations Climate Change conference. 2019. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Sabrina Soussan". MarketScreener. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CV Sabrina Soussan". Dormakaba Group. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Continental officially closes VDO acquisition". Reuters. 2007-12-13. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "CV Sabrina Soussan". Dormakaba. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "dormakaba appoints Sabrina Soussan as CEO effective 1 April 2021". Dormakaba. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jim Heng Lee to Assume CEO Role". dormakaba.com. November 30, 2021. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ITT Corporate Governance". Retrieved 2021-07-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Schaeffler AGM adopts dividend of 25 eurocents per common non-voting share". 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
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External links
- Sabrina Soussan Dormakaba Holding AG