- after company’s change of legal form into D+S GmbH as of January 3,2011, Member of the Board of the company
- Chairman of Management Board, Chief Executive Officer
- Born 1956, two children
- Member of the Board of D+S AG as of October 6, 2009
- Doctor’s degree in chemistry
- Head of a research group, Mc Kinsey Consultant for Industrial Processes, Corporate Planning at Hoechst AG (final position Head of the Department), Head of a global business unit in the area of technical fibres at Trevira, Member of the pro forma Board of Aventis Life Science during the formation of the company in Frankfurt, Global President at Celanese Acetate LLC in Charlotte/New York, Head of Division Textile Fibres at Invista in Wichita, Chairman of Management Board at Symrise AG, Holzminden.
