More than 30 years of experience in the operative and strategic management of major chemical companies.

	Shareholder and Head of advisory board of c-LEcta, a start-up company in Leipzig / Germany, developing new enzymes for the chemical and detergent industries
	Member of the executive committee of SGL Carbon AG, Wiesbaden
		Responsible for the business unit SGL Technologies, the region Asia, corporate technology and human resources
	Senior Vice President and member of the executive committee of Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Bridgewater, New Jersey
		Responsible for division specialty chemicals
		Responsible for the advanced technology group, corporate research and development in the U.S.

	Head of Surfactants and Auxiliaries division of Hoechst AG
	Head of central staff department
		Corporate planning, M&A, regional co-ordination of business activities
	Head of R&D at the Griesheim site and of R&D "Aromatic Intermediates" of Hoechst AG

	PhD in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat. - University of Bonn, Germany)
	MS in Chemistry (Diplom-Chemiker - University of Bonn, Germany)
	Minor in Pharmacology