Joe Kaeser GCME (born Josef Käser; June 23, 1957) is a German manager who was CEO of Siemens AG from 2013 to 2021.

[2] Kaeser previously held various business administration management positions, including a term at the Siemens Components Operations in Malacca, Malaysia (1987–1988).

During this time he also shared oversight for preparing the company's stock market listing in New York and the worldwide conversion of its accounting system to US GAAP.

[3] Since 2013, Kaeser has accompanied Chancellor Angela Merkel on a total of nine state visits abroad,[4] including to China (2014, 2016,[5] 2018)[6] India (2015),[7] Egypt (2017),[8] Tunisia (2017), Argentina (2017), Mexico (2017) and Saudi Arabia (2017).

[15] Later, former US Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski revealed that the former World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick aggressively pressured Kaeser due to his Russian visit.