Jim Hagemann Snabe is a Danish business leader and author who is currently Chairman of Siemens. He sits on the board of many blue-chip companies, including Deutsche Bank and Maersk, and has been a Trustee of the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2014. In 2017 he co-authored Dreams and Details:... Read more
Jim Hagemann Snabe is a Danish business leader and author who is currently Chairman of Siemens. He sits on the board of many blue-chip companies, including Deutsche Bank and Maersk, and has been a Trustee of the World Economic Forum (WEF) since 2014. In 2017 he co-authored Dreams and Details: Reinvent Your Business and Your Leadership from a Position of Strength, a call to arms for business leaders to embrace sustainability, innovation and change in order to reap greater productivity and profit.
Prior to assuming his current role at Siemens, Jim Hagemann Snabe held several positions at the German software multinational SAP, including that of co-CEO. During his tenure at SAP, he and fellow CEO Bill McDermott doubled the value of the company and repositioned it towards a more responsible role in society. In 2013, Hagemann Snabe and McDermott were ranked second on Glassdoor’s highest-rated CEOs, with an approval rate of 99% from SAP employees.
Jim is a board member of AI firm C3.ai and in 2025 was appointed to the advisory board of Temasek, the state investment firm of Singapore. He has held senior roles at Allianz, Northvolt, Deutsche Bank and Maersk, where he served as Chairman between 2017 and 2022. His 25 years of experience in the technology industry make Hagemann Snabe an experienced player in the spheres of leadership around innovation, digitisation and social progress.
Since 2016, Jim Hagemann Snabe has been Adjunct Professor at the Copenhagen Business School where he focuses on digital transformation and its impact on business and society. His career began following a Masters in Operational Research (OR) from the Aarhus School of Business, a branch of applied maths that develops and uses analytical methods to improve decision-making and leadership.