More than 30 years of experience in the chemical and nutrition businesses, mostly in senior management positions.

	President and CEO of Nutrinova GmbH, member of the corporate executive council of Celanese Corporation
		Founding of an autonomous company
		Strategic guidance and global key account responsibility
	President of the Hoechst Food Ingredients business unit
		Business globalisation
	Strategic planning officer of Hoechst AG
		Responsibility for the fine and specialty chemical segments
		M&A transactions, business unit strategies, corporate strategies

	Business manager (Head of the strategic business unit) at Hoechst Celanese Corporation
		Development of new markets and applications, process optimisation and relocation guidance
		Chairman of the fine chemicals technology team
	Commercial director organic chemicals Riedel-de Haën

	MS in Organic Chemistry (Diplom-Chemiker - University of Bonn, Germany)
	PhD in Organic and Structural Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat. - University of Bochum, Germany)