Peter Weckesser

Schneider Electric, EVP & Chief Digital Officer, Member of the Executive Committee

Speaker Bio

Peter Weckesser is the Chief Digital Officer of Schneider Electric and a member of the Executive Committee since June 2020, when he joined the company. In his role at Schneider Electric, Peter leads the global Schneider Digital organization responsible for the digital transformation strategy of the company in multiple dimensions:

1. Transforming Schneider Electric’s digital technology landscape to support business objectives and enable transformative growth,
2. Leading the evolution of the EcoStruxure IoT platform to empower end-to-end industry, building, and sustainability solutions and software,
3. Driving AI at scale through business-value-focused applications across the solution and service portfolio, as well as internal processes.

Peter Weckesser is also the current President of DIGITALEUROPE, the leading trade association representing digitally transforming industries in Europe.


Prior to working at Schneider, Peter served as the Digital Transformation Officer of Airbus’ Defence & Space division since 2017. Before joining Airbus, Peter had extensive experience as a Senior Executive at Siemens, most recently as the Chief Operating Officer of Siemens’ Product Lifecycle Management, leading the IoT and Digital Enterprise business and activities. He also held other executive-level positions with Siemens such as the CEO of Industry Services and CEO of Value Services. 


He holds a degree in physics as well as a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany. He currently resides in Germany.




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