Thibault de Assi is the General Manager and Global Head of Industrial Computing at Siemens Digital Industries, the world leader in electrification, automation, and digitalization. In his current role, he is responsible for delivering profitable growth, expanding market share, and bringing innovation to a well-established business including high-performance and embedded computing hardware and software solutions. Driven by a customer-first orientation, Thibault leads his team to deliver world-class reliability, accelerating customer innovation and speed-to-market.

Prior to his current role, Thibault was the GM and Global Head of Digitalization and Automation in the Factory Automation Business Unit of Siemens, where he built and led a global department with expertise in software, collaborative development with customers, and in Artificial Intelligence. Thibault has earned multiple master’s degrees in engineering in Computer Science, Telecommunications Engineering, and Image Treatment and CAD Design. He also holds an MBA from IMD Business School in Lausanne. He believes that AI will improve well-being, reduce inequities, and help individuals to better achieve their goals in core ethical values.