Worldwide presence is one of our trademarks and our great advantage. The vast range of our employees’ capabilities, experience and qualifications gives us substantial competitive advantages in our global markets. Women and men of different backgrounds and origins reflect our broad customer base, enrich our fund of ideas, and reinforce our innovative drive.

Knowing this, we specifically encourage diversity within the company with our Diversity Initiative. We develop measures aimed at fostering and preserving diversity at all hierarchical levels within the company. Examples include the global networks set up to identify diversity topics across the company, such as the network of approximately 160 Siemens Diversity Ambassadors, and GLOW, the Global Leadership Organization of Women. Above and beyond this, Siemens employees have themselves established a large number of local networks that function across different departments, thus contributing toward the company's success.