Siemens AG intends to further increase the percentage of women in its top management positions. For both of the company's top two management levels in Germany, the share is to be raised to 10 percent by the end of June 2017. For the company's Managing Board, the Siemens Supervisory Board has set the target of at least maintaining the status quo until June 30, 2017.

Two women - Lisa Davis and Janina Kugel - are currently members of the seven-member Managing Board. With six female members - Bettina Haller, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Güler Sabancı, Birgit Steinborn, Nathalie von Siemens and Sibylle Wankel - the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG already fulfills the statutory gender quota of 30 percent women.

"In recent years, Siemens has worked hard to get more women in top positions. The results are quite impressive. But we can't let up now. Particularly as a technology company, we have a long-term responsibility to increase the share of women in leadership positions. Women in top positions should be the rule rather than the exception," said Janina Kugel, Siemens' Chief Human Resources Officer.

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