Dr. Richard J. Vestner is a Vice President at Bentley Systems. He is responsible for Bentley’s Industry Solutions, covering Cities and industrial Campuses.

Based in Munich/Germany, Richard holds a Dipl.-Ing. and a Dr.-Ing. degree in Civil Engineering. After his military career as an officer with the German Army, Richard started his professional career as a consultant with his own company. Then he joined a business consultancy for Public and Corporate Real Estate Management. During the following 8 years he led national and international companies within a German infrastructure engineering group as Managing Director. Before joining Bentley in 2020, Richard served as Group Executive Board Member responsible for the EMEA business and Chief Digital Officer for a Danish tech company.