IGTA Journal - Summer 2020

one has to step on the brake a bit earlier. This perhaps does not look so spectacular, but then it means first of all , to survive this round and to somehow continue to be part of the race. Then one raises the eyes in order to see: Where is the target point ? The target point is not the next curve, but the flag, when the race is over after many rounds. Only who then is ahead, does win the race. He interview was made by Michael Flämig. About the person. Financial Statements Pope mic – Siemens Group has developed into a germ cell for corporation groups. That giants like Siemens Healthineers and now Siemens Energy can now enter into the world without complications, is the merit of Ralf Thomas ( 59 ). The CFO is the true father of the Siemens Group de-composition, because without his process knowledge and professional knowledge the de- mergers could have ended badly. Thomas is an extraordinary connoisseur of ramified sets of numbers, he has excellent hold of the Siemens Group financial statements. Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Thomas, who got a doctorate in the area of financial statements tax law, acted from 2008 to 2013 as CFO of the Siemens segment Industry, and was then selected by chairman Joe Kaeser as Group CFO. Among others he is also acting as Chairman of the Administrative Council of the German Accounting Standards Committee. From Börsenzeitung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, July 4, 2020. Responsible for English translation: GEFIU, the Association of Chief Financial Officers Germany, the German IGTA Member Association, translator: Helmut Schnabel IGTA eJournal | Summer 2020 | 26