Thorsten received his PhD in physics from University of Duisburg-Essen. He began his professional career at the Bosch Group in the corporate sector research and advance engineering, where he developed inno-vative sensor system for new applications. He then held various management positions within the Bosch Group for around 11 years, including strategy, M&A, R&D and operations. In his last role at Bosch as CEO of Bosch Connected Devices and Solutions he was responsible for strategic connectivity projects for the entire group and successfully implemented new Internet of Things (IoT) business models. This was followed by his position as Group SVP Innovation & Innoventures at Osram, where he led the transformation from a lightbulb towards a high-tech company before he took over the leadership of the global building automation business at ABB in October 2019.