Jens-Thomas Pietralla
President and CEO
Navico Holding AS
Jens-Thomas Pietralla joined Navico in September 2006 as COO and CEO-elect. The Navico Board of Directors appointed him as President and CEO of Navico on January 18, 2007.
His broad experience both in strategic and operational aspects of high tech and consumer businesses in Europe and North America are a great asset for Navico’s continuing growth, merger and acquisition activities.
Pietralla was born in Wolfsburg, Germany on 2nd March, 1969. After studying physics and mathematics at the University of Ulm, he joined the Munich office of renowned management consultancy McKinsey & Company, working for clients in the high-tech and telecommunications sector, as well as the consumer goods industry.
Pietralla became a member of McKinsey’s High-Tech Leadership Group and transferred to the New York Office for two years. He returned to Germany in 2000, focusing on Siemens in his role as a partner at McKinsey.
In April 2002 Pietralla joined Siemens AG to become Executive Board Member of Mobile Devices as Senior Vice-President for Strategy and Marketing. In this role, he reported directly to the CEO of the Mobile Devices Division and helped grow the business to EUR 5 billion by 2004. In May 2004 Pietralla became Chief Marketing Officer of Siemens Mobile, responsible for all marketing activities and several sales initiatives related to the B2B and B2C divisions of Siemens’ largest business group.