Veronika Grimm has been a member of the Siemens Energy supervisory board since the end of February. Grimm refused to withdraw on the grounds that her nomination had been “clarified by both the federal ministries and Siemens energy AG" Grimm is a proven expert on this topic, and at the same time Siemens is an important player in the planned energy transition.
The late involvement of the management level could explain why the conflict escalated to such an extent. Economists are now also discussing tighter compliance rules internally, as Leye is calling for.