Tan Sri Rainer Althoff was the President and CEO of Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd and also the Siemens spokesperson for all Siemens operations and affiliate companies in Malaysia from 1 December 1998 until 30 November 2009. He worked for Siemens AG in various regional and global functions altogether for more than 40 years.

Assignments were / are:
• Member of Board of Jatro Waterland, Indonesia until 2013
• CEO ALC International Sdn Bhd since 2009
• Member of Compliance and Anti-Corruption Movement Malaysia from 2006 to 2013
• Member of Board of Proton Corp. as Independent Non Executive Director 2010 – 2013
• Member of Board of Lotus Plc. as Independent Director 2010 to 2012
• Trustee of Jeffrey Cheah Foundation Malaysia from 2010 to 2019
• Member of International Advisory Panel to the Board of Directors of CIMB Bank, Malaysia since 2010
• Chairman of Nokia Networks Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia from 2009 to 2015
• Chairman of Coriant Malaysia Sdn Bhd until 2015
• Member of Board as Independent Director of Top Glove Sdn. Bhd. since 2013
• Director of Lauda Interactive AG, Darmstadt, Germany since 2016
• Chairman of Supervisory Board of Lauda Interactive AG, Darmstadt, 2016 to 2018.
• Executive Chairman of RaceRoom Entertainment Sdn Bhd since 2/2017
• Member of Nomination Committee Merdeka Award 2017 since 6/2017
• Non-Executive Chairman of Total Sports Asia Sdn. Bhd.

Tan Sri Rainer Althoff’s experience in the field of Electrical Engineering, IT & web-based solutions and state-of–the art online Gaming spans for more than 45 years. Born in Bielefeld, Germany, 19.02.1946, he has spent most of his working life with Siemens AG. He received his tertiary education at the Bergische University of Wuppertal in Germany and graduated from the University with a Master degree (Diploma) in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 1969.

His professional background spans from Traffic & Railway Engineering, Building Automation Systems, Fire Alarm and Security Systems, Wireless & Wireline Internet and specialized in Digitalization.

He achieved a Master Degree in Business Management with Duke University, USA, 2002.

He is a well known lecturer with various universities, as Munich, Moscow, Istanbul, Singapore, St. Gallen, Switzerland, Multi Media University Malaysia etc.

In 1999, Rainer Althoff received the prestigious Federal Service Cross (“Bundesverdienstkreuz”) from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for his immense efforts and achievements to promote and support German business abroad.

In June 2007 he got conferred the unique ‘Tan Sri’ title (the highest possible reward for a non-Malaysian) by the King of Malaysia in appreciation to his successful development of Malaysian – German relations.

Tan Sri Rainer Althoff is a Permanent Resident in Malaysia since 2007.

He received the ‘Asean Life Time of Excellence Award’ of Technology Business Review in 2007