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Richard Hausmann, Ph.D., has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Elekta AB (publ) since June 10, 2016. Dr. Hausmann has been Vice President at General Electric Company since January 1, 2012. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of the Global MR Business for GE Healthcare Limited since December 2011 until October 2014. Dr. Hausmann served as General Manager of Magnetic Resonance (MR) Business at GE Healthcare Limited since January 1, 2012. He joined GE Healthcare from Siemens AG Energy. Dr. Hausmann served as Head of Smart Grid Applications at Siemens Aktiengesellschaft and served as its Head of Operations in China since January 1, 2005. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Siemens Ltd., China since January 1, 2005 and also served as its Member of the Management Board. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of cluster of Siemens North Asia for five years. He has a commercial background in healthcare, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Siemens Healthcare CT business as well as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, CT. Dr. Hausmann was responsible for Siemens Groups Power Generation, Power Transmission and Distribution, Transportation Systems, Medical Solutions as well as the departments Corporate Communication, Strategic Planning & Corporate Development, Government Relations and Corporate Technology. He served as the president and Chief Executive Officer, Computed Tomography for the Siemens Medical Solutions Group and led the Medical Engineering Group as the Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Sales & Product Planning. He joined Siemens Medical Engineering Group in June 1988. He served in the Applications Development Department of the Magnetic Resonance (MR) Division. until 1993. From 1994 to 1995, Dr. Hausmann served as Marketing Manager for the new Magnetom Open MR system. In 1995, he served as Manager of MR Applications Development and Director for Marketing and Product Planning. He joined the Computer Tomography (CT) Division in 1998, where he served as Division President since April 2000 and was also responsible for the China business of Siemens Medical Solutions Group. Dr. Hausmann served as Head of Siemens Ag's Computer Tomography Division. He published numerous articles on modern applications of Magnetic Resonance and holds various patents related to Magnetic Resonance and Imaging. In 1988, he completed his studies with a Doctorate in Physics. Dr. Hausmann studied Physics at Regensburg University and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.