Dr. Wolfgang Plischke
appointed to Bayer AG Management Board
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Dr. Wolfgang Plischke
Leverkusen The Supervisory Board of Bayer
AG appointed Dr. Wolfgang Plischke, previously a member of
the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee and Head of the
Pharmaceuticals Division, to the Board of Management of Bayer
AG, effective March 1, 2006. Dr. Plischke is to succeed Dr.
Udo Oels, who will end his active duty following the Annual
Stockholders’ Meeting on April 28, 2006. Plischke was
born in Stuttgart, Germany, on September 15, 1951. He studied
biology at Hohenheim University, obtaining his doctorate
in plant physiology at the Institute for Genetics. Plischke
began his career in 1980 with Bayer subsidiary Miles Diagnostics.
In 1988 he became pharmaceuticals marketing manager for Germany,
and in 1991 he was named head of international strategic
marketing. Four years later he was appointed managing director
of Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. in Japan.
In 2000 Plischke took charge of the Pharmaceuticals Business Group in North
America and became a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer Corporation.
In January 2002 he returned to Germany to become General Manager of the
former Pharmaceuticals Business Group of Bayer AG. In July 2002, as Head
of the Pharmaceuticals Division, he became a member of the Bayer HealthCare
Executive Committee.
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