Dr. Volker Jung
Senior Consultant to General Capital Group
 

Dr. Eng h.c. Volker Jung

Born August 28th, 1939 in Neuss, Germany

Education

Studied electrical engineering at the Technical University of Munich

Graduated with a Masters in Engineering

Entrepreneurial Track Record

Siemens & Halske AG, Men - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik  (1964)

  • R&D Engineer, Traffic Systems

Siemens & Halske AG, Munich - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik (1969)

  • Department Manager: News technologies, public Intermediation equipment, Marketing/Sales Promotion, Marketing/Productplanning

Siemens & Halske AG, Munich - Wernerwerk für Fernsprechtechnik (1980)

  • Department Manager:  Communication, Public intermediation systems, Distribution America/Africa

Siemens Communication Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1984)

  • Senior Vice President

Siemens Public Switching Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1986)

  • President & CEO

Siemens Communication Systems, Inc., Boca Raton, USA (1990)

  • President & CEO

Siemens Stromberg-Carlson, Boca Raton, FL, USA (1990)

  • President & CEO

Siemens AG, Munich (1991)

  • Member of the Executive Board
  • Head of Center Foreign Regions

Siemens AG, Munich (1992)

  • Member of the Executive Board  (1992-2003)
    from 1998 responsibilities:  
    • Information and Communication Networks
    • Information and Communication Products
    • Siemens Business Services
    • “Halbleiter” (after April 1999: Infineon Technologies AG)
    • “Elektromechanische Komponenten” (after 1999: Electromechanical Components GmbH & Co. KG)
    • Business Regions: Africa, Middle East, CIS Countries

Overview of Supervisory Board Memberships

Dr. Jung was chairman of the supervisory board of 

  • Infineon Technologies AG
  • MAN AG
  • epcos AG

Currently member of supervisory boards

  • Direkt Anlage Bank AG, Munich
  • Independent Non-session Member des Board of Directors, INTRACOM, S.A., Athen
  • Vattenfall AG
  • Messe Munich

Social Activities

Association of German Industry (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie- BDI)

  • Vice President

Dr. Jung was president at   

  • Business Association of German Electrotechnical and Electronics Industy  (Zentralverband  Elektrotechnik und Elektronikindustrie)
  • Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM)

He is honorary doctorate at different universities

  • Florida University (1989)
  • University Miskolcine, Hungary (1999)
  • Technical University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan (2001)

Honorary professor and chair for Global Telecommunication Systems at the State University for Telecommunication, St. Petersburg, Russia (2001)

Honorary citizenship of city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan (2001)