Dieter Christoph Urban has been a member of Koç Holding Board of Directors since 2005.
He was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Siemens plc in November 1998. He joined Siemens in the United Kingdom from Turkey, where he was Executive Vice President and Member of the board of Siemens Group with special responsibility for Finance. As a Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Urban had overall responsibility for financial matters for Siemens in the United Kingdom. In this role, he also oversaw Information Technology, Siemens Shared Services and Siemens Properties in the UK. Prior to joining Siemens in Turkey at the end of 1992, Mr. Urban worked as Treuhandanstalt Administrative Director of the East Germany Privatization Association. Having joined as a Director of Administration in 1991, Mr. Urban became Director of Corporate Planning, and, while posted in New York in 1992, was in charge of attracting potential American Investors.
He resigned from Siemens in April 2006. Currently, he serves as chief advisor to Roland Berger and London & Oxford Group. He also teaches at London School of Economics and Koç University.