Dr. Richard Pott
The member responsible for Strategy and Human Resources and the North,
Central and South America regions, Dr. Richard Pott is also Bayer
AG’s Labor Director. Born in 1953, Richard Pott studied physics
at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he also obtained his
doctorate. In 1984 he joined the company’s Central Research
Division. After holding various positions in the Corporate Staff
Division he became Head of the former Specialty Products Business
Group in 1999. Pott was appointed to the Bayer AG Board of Management
in May 2002.
Klaus Kühn
Chief Financial Officer and responsible for the Europe, Africa and
Middle East regions. Born in 1952, Klaus Kühn studied mathematics
and physics at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, gaining
a mathematics degree in 1978. He also studied in the United States,
where he obtained a Master of Business Administration degree. Kühn
joined Bayer in 1998 as Head of the Finance Section, and shortly
afterwards was made Head of the Group Finance Division. He was
appointed to the Bayer AG Board of Management in May 2002.
Werner Wenning
Chairman of the
Bayer AG Board of Management since April 2002. Born in 1946, Werner
Wenning joined the company in 1966 as a commercial trainee. He held
a number of positions with Bayer in Germany and abroad, serving as
managing director of Bayer subsidiaries in Peru and Spain and later
as Head of the Corporate Planning and Controlling Division. Wenning
was appointed to the Board of Management as Chief Financial Officer
in February 1997. Since September 2005 he has also been President
of the German Chemical Industry Association.
Dr. Udo Oels
Responsible for Innovation, Technology and Environment and the Asia
region. Born in 1944, Udo Oels studied chemistry at the Technical
University of Hanover, Germany. He joined Bayer AG as a research
chemist in 1976 and held a number of positions with Bayer in Germany
and abroad, including those of polycarbonate production manager
at the Bayer site in Baytown, Texas, and Head of Research and later
General Manager of the former Organic Chemicals Business Group.
Oels was appointed to the Bayer AG Board of Management in February
1996.
Wolfgang Plischke was appointed to the Bayer AG Board of Management
effective March 1, 2006.
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