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International Industrial Executive
Philip Krause
Strategy · International Growth · Manufacturing & Operations · Energy & Infrastructure
More than 25 years of international leadership across industrial technology, power infrastructure, manufacturing and energy — connecting commercial growth with the engineering, operations and delivery capabilities required to make it sustainable.
EUROPE · MIDDLE EAST · INDIA · CHINA · ASIA PACIFIC
Executive profile
International experience. Industrial execution. Commercial growth.
A career built at the intersection of technology, international business and industrial operations.
Over more than 25 years, I have held leadership responsibilities with Siemens, Primetals Technologies, TGOOD and Rongke Power, working across Europe, the Middle East, India, China and wider Asia Pacific.
My experience spans international business development, P&L leadership, manufacturing, industrialisation, product localisation, strategic partnerships, organisational transformation and complex project delivery.
Much of my work has focused on one practical question: how to convert technology and corporate strategy into an international business that can actually deliver. That means aligning customers, regional organisations, engineering, supply chains, manufacturing, quality and project execution — not treating internationalisation as an export exercise.
25+Years in international industrial leadership
22Countries in a global key-account organisation
€45m+Annual revenue reached by an international business led at TGOOD
40Engineers in a product-development organisation established in India
Leadership focus
From strategy to execution
Commercial decisions are stronger when they are tested against operational reality.
International Growth
Market entry, regional organisations, partnerships, key accounts and the operating structures required to deliver internationally.
Industrial Operations
Manufacturing, engineering, procurement, quality and project-delivery organisations across European and Asian environments.
Technology Commercialisation
Experience from communications and IT through power infrastructure, data centres, electrification and energy technologies.
Transformation
Restructuring, localisation, new business models, manufacturing capability and international operating models.
Strategic Partnerships
Joint ventures, channel structures, international partners and cross-border customer relationships.
Cross-Cultural Leadership
Long-term operating experience in Germany, the Middle East, India and China across European and Chinese organisations.
Selected career
Three decades of technology, industry and international growth
Selected roles and outcomes. Detailed historical project evidence will be added progressively to the archive.
2024–Present
Rongke PowerSenior Vice President, International Business · COO responsibilities
Leading international market development and industrial execution in energy storage, connecting regional growth with manufacturing capability, quality and project delivery.
2018–2024
TGOODExecutive Director & General Manager
Led international transmission and distribution business activities with full P&L responsibility.
- Business reached more than €45 million annual revenue by 2022.
- Coordinated more than 60 people across factories and regional organisations.
- Expanded activities across power infrastructure, modular electrical solutions, energy storage and EV charging.
2015–2018
Primetals TechnologiesVice President & General Manager Development
Led business development and strategic planning activities in China, including transformation initiatives, industrial partnerships and lifecycle-service development.
2013–2015
SiemensGeneral Manager / Head of Data Centre Asia Pacific
Led Siemens' Asia-Pacific data-centre business from India, coordinating regional commercial and technical capabilities across multiple infrastructure disciplines.
- Approximately €40 million order income in 2014 across two Siemens divisions.
- Engineering and bid-support resources serving teams across more than ten countries.
2011–2013
SiemensSenior Director Business Development
Led global business-development activities for major industrial and EPC customers within low- and medium-voltage businesses.
- Built a global key-account organisation spanning 22 countries and 38 account managers.
2008–2010
Siemens IndiaHead of Product Development Energy
Led medium-voltage switchgear development and localisation, including engineering organisation development and manufacturing ramp-up in Goa.
- Built a 40-person engineering organisation.
- Managed an approximately €3 million development budget.
- Achieved approximately 45% cost reduction through localisation.
1998–2008
SiemensGermany · UAE · Middle East
Roles across enterprise networks, Dubai Internet City, international procurement, integrated major projects and Middle East power-market development.
1996–2001
CinatecFounder & Managing Director
Founded and led an IT-services business serving small and medium-sized companies, building an early customer base in Germany and neighbouring markets.
Board & advisory
An international industrial operator's perspective
Relevant to organisations navigating international expansion, industrialisation, technology commercialisation and cross-border operational risk.
I contribute by testing whether strategy is not only commercially attractive, but operationally executable — particularly where growth crosses borders, cultures, technologies and manufacturing systems.
International expansion
Market-entry assumptions, partner selection and regional operating models.
Industrial capability
Manufacturing, quality, delivery capacity and the operational risks behind growth plans.
China & Asia
Practical experience bridging European and Chinese organisations, markets and industrial systems.
I am interested in selected non-executive and advisory opportunities where international industrial experience can support sustainable growth and sound decision-making.
From the archive
Historical projects, documented in their original context
The project year is preserved clearly; archive articles are published today with transparent sourcing rather than backdated publication dates.
From imported technology to local engineering
Building product-development capability and local manufacturing around medium-voltage technology.
Building a regional data-centre business
Combining electrical, building and security capabilities into a coordinated regional market proposition.
Early ultra-high-power EV charging
A future archive story to be released once the original technical and public evidence has been fully reconciled.
Contact
Professional enquiries
Executive, board, advisory, speaking and professional enquiries.
Email
contact@krausephilip.com
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/philipkrause