Head of HSE and Operations, High Voltage Products business unit, Hitachi Energy
Dirk Uhde is the Head of HSE and Operations of the High Voltage Products business unit at Hitachi Energy.
He holds a master's in electrical engineering University of Karlsruhe and an MBA from Fundação Getulio Vargas.
Although Dirk’s heart is in operations, where he is responsible for the seamless execution of the thousands of daily tasks from order intake until delivery, he has had a varied career in the High Voltage Products business that has included research and development, quality, product management and sales.
He considers himself a world citizen having spent his entire life travelling the globe and living on three different continents. Dirk is a strong believer in the power of diversity as the key to success.