Presently, Ralf Peter Thomas is Chairman at Deutsches Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee eV.

He is also on the board of Siemens Corp., Siemens AG Österreich, Siemens Energy AG and Siemens Energy Management GmbH and Chief Financial Officer at Siemens AG.

In his past career he was Financial Manager at Siemens (Pty) Ltd. and Controller-Performance at Siemens Medical Solutions AG.

Dr. Thomas received a doctorate from Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.