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WiPE Interview with Christina Iosifidou – Scholarship programme sponsored by CWIEME BERLIN

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Hosted by: Transformers Academy

This interview took place in Madrid as part of the fourth TMIN conference: Investments, artificial Intelligence and sustainability.

We had the great honor of speaking with Christina, Head of Sustainability Grid Technologies at Siemens Energy.

In this 15-minute conversation, she told us why she is committed to sustainability: “…it’s been one and a half years that I’ve been within the area of sustainability, not only, of course, looking into transformers, but also switch gears, solution, business service, the whole value chain of our business, really, within transmission.”

She explains that sustainability goals can only be achieved if we have partners that go in the same direction with the same mindset and target setting. The environment she is mostly active in involves constant discussions with suppliers, customers, and international standardization bodies as she and her team look at how to impact the regulatory framework that is just developing.

TOPIS OF THIS INTERVIEW ARE:

·         Joint industry initiative on sustainability in partnership with DNV

·         Sustainability goals

·         Standardization of transformer LCA (Life Cycle Assessment)

·         The importance of networking

SCHOOLARSHIP PROGRAME SPONSORED BY CWIEME BERLIN

This interview marks the fifth installment of WiPE program for empowering women in the industry. Transformers Academy has devised a scholarship scholarships venture, specially designed for female professionals.

This program is generously sponsored by Cwieme Berlin.

Cwieme Berlin

Lecturers

Christina Iosifidou

Christina Iosifidou

Siemens Energy

Christina Iosifidou is the Head of Sustainability Grid Technologies at Siemens Energy. In this role, she drives the decarbonization of products, solutions and services across the value chain. She holds a Masters degree in business engineering from the Technical University of Berlin. She started her career at Siemens Energy as PLM for Large Power Transformers, where she later worked as Global Innovation Sales Manager and gained valuable experiences in Austria and Brazil too. She strongly believes that decarbonization is not a choice; it’s a must to protect our planet for future generations. Achieving net zero is possible only by joining hands together, and for this goal, she involves all the relevant stakeholders to discuss strategies and, most importantly, to act.