Mr. Kurt Sievers is a President, CEO & Executive Director at NXP Semiconductors NV, a Chairman-Electronic Components & Systems Division at Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. and a Managing Director at NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH. He is on the Board of Directors at NXP Semiconductors NV, Aeneas, Association for European Nanoelectronics Activities, Cluster Application Technology Research Europe NanoelEctronics and Ostasiatischer Verein eV. He received his graduate degree from the University of Augsburg and an MBA from Ashridge Business School.