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Thorsten Ameis 01Head of Sales, Export and Transportation of nora systems

Dr. Anno Borkowsky 02CEO and President of Rhein Chemie

Dr. Werner Breuers 03Member of the Board of Management of LANXESS

Thomas Bubendorfer 04Solo Mountain Climber

Rajiv Budhraja 05Director General of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association

Dr. Ron Commander 06Head of the LANXESS Butyl Rubber Business Unit

Dr. Joachim Grub 07Head of the LANXESS Performance Butadiene Rubbers Business Unit

Dr. Axel C. Heitmann 08Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS

Dr. Timothy Leverton 09Head of Advanced and Product Engineering of Tata Motors

Luis López-Remón 10Head of the LANXESS Rubber Chemicals Business Unit

His Excellency Thomas Matussek 11German Ambassador to India, New Delhi

Prof. Dinesh Mohan 12Volvo Chair for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety at Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

T.K. Mukherjee 13Managing Director of Phoenix Yule and former Chairman ofAll India Rubber Industry Association

Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay 14Director R&D of JK Tyre Industries and Director and Chief Executive of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI)

K.R.V. Parameshwar 15General Manager and Vice President of Chem-Trend Chemicals

Jasbir Singh 16Industrial Advisor at Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Carsten Spichalsky 17Head of Technical Development of Volkswagen India

Dr. Axel Stepken 18CEO and President of TUEV SUED

Dr. Joerg Strassburger 19Country Representative and Managing Director of LANXESS India

Dr. Rainier van Roessel 20Member of the Board of Management of LANXESS

Dr. Guenther Weymans 21Head of the LANXESS Technical Rubber Products Business Unit

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Wildemann 22Chair of Business Administration, Management, Logistics and Production at Technical University of Munich

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Thorsten Ameis Head of Sales, Export and Transportation nora systems

Date of birth 20.07.1961

Marital status Married, 2 children

Since May 2009 nora systems GmbH Weinheim, Germany Head of Sales, Export and Transportation

1999 - 2009 Schock GmbH member of the management board responsible for - managing sales and marketing worldwide - management and controlling of the subsidiaries - until 2006 CEO of the British subsidiary product development

1991 - 1999 Independent management consultant in the international sales sector

1989 - 1991 Beiersdorf AG Hamburg, tesa-field packaging technology, technical and commercial development of new packaging in terms of marketing, rationalization of product processes, conception machinery

1984 - 1989 Business and economics studies at the University Gießen Degree: Diploma in business management

Dr. Anno Borkowsky CEO and President Rhein Chemie

Dr. Anno Borkowsky is CEO and President of Rhein Chemie, a position he has held since June 2002. Dr. Borkowsky began his career with Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Mannheim, Germany in February 1999 as Executive Vice President. He was soon promoted to Regional Manager Europe and Chief Technology Officer before accepting his current role as CEO and President.

Prior to his career at Rhein Chemie, Dr. Borkowsky joined Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany as Unit Manager. In September 1995, he transferred to Bayer Corp., in Orange, Texas, USA as Operations Manager. Dr. Borkowsky earned his Biological Technical Assistant Degree in 1981.

He went on to obtain a Master of Chemistry and Ph. D. in Chemistry from University of Cologne, Germany.

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Dr. Werner Breuers Member of the Board of Management LANXESS

Dr. Werner Breuers was born in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on December 9, 1958. He studied Chemistry at Aachen Technical University, obtaining a doctorate in science. He began his career in 1989 as a chemist in the Research and Development Division of Hoechst AG in Frankfurt.

After holding a number of managerial positions at Hoechst AG, in 1999, Breuers became Vice President of Licensing & Catalysts of the Polyethylene Manufacturer Elenac GmbH in Kehl, Germany.

One year later, Elenac GmbH became part of Basell Group. As a member of the Basell management team he was Head of the Global Technology Business Division based in Milan, Italy, and was subsequently President of Basell Polyolefins Europe based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

On May 14, 2007, Breuers was appointed to the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. His responsibilities and strategic areas of operations include the business segments Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates and the Procurement, Research & Development and Industrial & Environmental Affairs Group Functions.

Thomas Bubendorfer Solo Mountain Climber

Solo mountain climbers are the most elite group of athletes. Thomas Bubendorfer joined the elite inner circle of solo climbers already as a teenager. He gained world climbing fame at 21 years of age with his record solo climb of the Eiger north face, the highest and hardest mountain face in the Alps. To succeed - and to survive at „free solo climbing“ - requires physical and above all mental conditioning at the highest level, as well as detailed planning and preparation and the ability to take calculated risks. Today, at 47, with more than 90 first solo and record ascents in the mountains of the world Thomas is still at the cutting edge of extreme climbing with four first ascents in the winter of 2010.

Climbing has taught him that he must not cease to fight any kind of stand-still, physically and mentally, and move on. Permanent change lies at the core of his success. He keeps emphasizing self-responsibility and never complains, even under the most dire circumstances; focus on what is presently possible is the only way for him. Man is always potential, he can always do something, he is convinced. On safety, a major issue in his dangerous doing, he says that he is only „safe“ if and when he ventures into the unknown, for it is the awareness of danger that sharpens his senses. Learning and maximizing one‘s individual potential stands at the center of his thinking.

He has shared his extensive experience and insights since 1984 with the largest companies world-wide and has given more than 900 key-note speeches.

Thomas has written six books. He speaks and presents in four languages (English, native German, French and Italian). He is a father of three and has been living in the Principality of Monaco since 1985.

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Rajiv Budhraja Director General Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association

Rajiv Budhraja is Director General of Automotive Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ATMA), the apex Industry Association representing the tyre sector. ATMA membership spreads across the 10 largest Indian tyre manufacturers, who account for nearly 95% of the Indian tyre production. ATMA works as a communication channel between the Industry and the Government projecting the views of the Industry on various subjects to respective Government Departments. The expectations of the Government from the Tyre Industry are conveyed to the Industry. ATMA briefs its members of the changes in Government Policy on issues related to the Indian economy & Industry in general and the Tyre Industry in particular.

Rajiv Budhraja holds a Master’s in Business Economics and has done graduation in Economics Honours from Delhi University. He has done a certificate course in Export Marketing from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

Rajiv Budhraja has over 27 years experience in service organizations, having worked in PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Confederation of Export Units, Indian Paper Manufacturers’ Association prior to joining ATMA in 1997.

He is married to a teacher and artist and has a daughter who is pursuing a Bachelor’s in Business Administration.

Rajiv Budhraja has a passion for photography and enjoys listening to Indian instrumental and film music.

Dr. Ron Commander Head of the Butyl Rubber Business Unit LANXESS

Dr. Ron Commander has served as Head of the LANXESS Group’s Butyl Rubber business unit since June 1, 2004. Commander was born in Brisbane, Australia, on April 24, 1950. The Ph.D. chemical engineer was educated in the UK. He embarked on his professional career in 1975 working in research and development of processes for manufacturing methane rich gases. He then moved to Canada in 1982 working for Polysar Inc. of Sarnia, joining Bayer AG with its acquisition of Polysar in 1990.

Before becoming Head of the LANXESS Butyl Rubber business unit in 2004, Mr. Commander worked in research and development, production and technical service at Bayer’s former Rubber Business Group and in business development at Bayer Polymers Shanghai.

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Dr. Joachim Grub Head of the Performance Butadiene Rubbers Business Unit LANXESS

Grub studied chemistry at the Technical University RWTH Aachen, Germany, where he obtained a science doctorate after a dissertation at the ’Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung’ in Mühlheim/Ruhr. Starting his career in 1989 with EC Erdölchemie GmbH, the later BP Köln GmbH, in research and development, Joachim Grub held different top positions in the production, finally as Head of Manufacturing.

In 2002, Grub joined Bayer as Head of the Global Operations Polybutadiene and Butyl Rubber. Since July 2004 he has headed LANXESS’s Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit. Joachim Grub has headed LANXESS’s Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit since July 2004.

Dr. Axel C. Heitmann Chairman of the Board of Management LANXESS

Axel Claus Heitmann studied chemistry at Hamburg University and the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), obtaining a science doctorate in 1988. He joined Bayer in 1989 where he entered the post-graduate trainee program. Between 1989 and 1991 he held various positions in the Central Research Division, and in the Applications Development and Manufacturing sections of the Rubber Business Group.

Following two years as a plant manager, he transferred to Bayer plc in the United Kingdom as Manager of the Rubber Business Group‘s Bromsgrove site. In 1996 Heitmann was appointed Head of Manufacturing and Technology at PolymerLatex.

From March 1999 to January 31, 2002, Dr. Heitmann was Head of the Wolff Walsrode Business Group. He was then appointed General Manager of the Rubber Business Group at Bayer AG. In July 2002, he became a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer MaterialScience. On September 16, 2004, Dr. Axel Claus Heitmann was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG.

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Luis López-Remón Head of the Rubber Chemicals Business Unit LANXESS

Luis López-Remón was born in Guadalajara, Spain on September 27, 1957. He studied economics and completed his studies at the University of Wuppertal, graduating as an economist. He followed this up with postgraduate studies at the Institut Européen d‘Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France.

López-Remón began his career in 1984 at Pall Filtrationstechnik in Frankfurt, Germany. Between 1986 and 2003, he worked for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APCI), where he held top positions in sales and marketing in Germany and abroad. His final position was as General Sales and Business Manager at Air Products Polymers, a joint venture between Air Products and Wacker Chemie which he was instrumental in establishing and integrating.

In March 2003, López-Remón joined Bayer Chemicals as Head of Regional Coordination and was in charge of the two Board initiatives, Sales and Marketing Excellence. From January 2004 until the end of 2006, he headed LANXESS’ Textile Processing Chemicals business unit.Since 2007, Luis López-Remón has been Head of the Rubber Chemicals business unit for LANXESS AG.

Dr. Timothy Leverton Head of Advanced and Product Engineering Tata Motors

Dr. Leverton has an Engineering Doctorate from Warwich University –UK, in addition to a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering, fron Aston University – UK, and an MBA from Warwick University. He was also awarded a fellowship by the Royal Academy of Engineering – UK.

Dr. Leverton comes with a rich experience of over 29 years in automotive business, wherein he has handled areas including manufacturing, design and development, product engineering, vehicle development, and strategic engineering, among others.

He has worked in senior management positions with the Rover Group, BMW AG, and was last engaged as Group Engineering Director at JCB.

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His Excellency Thomas Matussek German Ambassador to India, New Delhi

Born on 18 September 1947 in Lauda, married, three children1966 Abitur1967 - 1969 National Service1969 - 1973 Law and History Studies at the Universities of Paris and Bonn1973 First State Examination in Law1973 - 1975 Judge‘s Assistant/Assistant Lecturer, University of Bonn1975 - 1977 Entry into Diplomatic Service, Foreign Service Training Institute, Bonn1977 - 1980 Emb. of the Federal Republic of Germany, London1980 - 1983 Federal Chancellery, European Affairs, Bonn1983 - 1986 Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi1986 - 1988 Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Lisbon1988 - 1992 Federal Foreign Office, Bonn1992 - 1993 Head of Minister‘s Office, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn1993 - 1994 Chief of Minister‘s Cabinet, Federal Foreign Office, Bonn1994 - 1999 Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Washington1999 - 2002 Director General, Political Department, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin2002 - 2006 German Ambassador to the Court of St. James‘s, London2006 - 2009 German Ambassador to the United Nations, New YorkSince Nov 2009 German Ambassador to India, New Delhi

Prof. Dinesh Mohan Volvo Chair for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety at Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Dinesh Mohan is Volvo Chair Professor for Biomechanics and Transportation Safety at the Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme at the Indian Institute of Technology. Delhi. He is member of the WHO Advisory Panel on Accident Prevention. He serves on the editorial boards of 4 international journals dealing with safety. In the past he has worked at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Washington DC (1975-1978) and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (1971-1975).

Professor Mohan’s research includes the following areas: transportation research (safety and pollution), human tolerance biomechanics, motor vehicle safety, road traffic injuries, childhood injuries, effectiveness of automobile safety equipment, evaluation of injuries to cyclists and motor-cyclists, motorcycle helmet design, evaluation of government’s and manufacturers’ standards concerning motor vehicle safety.

He is the recipient of: (1) Distinguished Alumnus Award 2002 from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. (2) International Research Council on Biomechanics of Injury 2001 Bertil Aldman Award for outstanding research on the biomechanics of Impacts; (3) American Public Health Association International Distinguished Career Award in recognition of dedication and leadership in the area of injury research and teaching, with contributions and achievements that have significant and long term impact on the problem of injury prevention and control; (4) The International Velo-City Falco Lecture Prize (5) The Association for Advancement of Automotive Medicine 1991 Award of Merit for outstanding research in traffic safety; (6) The 1991 International Association for Accident & Traffic Medicine International Award and Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Traffic Medicine.

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T.K. Mukherjee Managing Director Phoenix Yule and Former Chairman All India Rubber Association

Mr. T K Mukherjee is presently working as Managing Director of Phoenix (P) Yule Ltd.

Mr. Mukherjee has completed his formal School Education from Ballygunge Govt. High School, Kolkata. He obtained his M. Sc. Degree from JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY & received his professional learning from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Mr. Mukherjee started his professional career in 1970 with the then British MNC GKW Ltd. After a short stint, in 1971 he joined BATA INDIA, the footwear major as Management Trainee and contributed in many Divisions & Departments. He left BATA in 1995 and moved to Andrew Yule & Company Limited as Chief Executive Officer to shape the future of Belting Division, from which Phoenix Yule has emerged on 01.02.1999.

PHOENIX YULE today is a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental/ Contitech AG and Mr. Mukherjee, as the Managing Director, has spearheaded this transformation from an ailing Govt. Undertaking Company to a profitable German Multinational. Under his guidance PYL has bagged many awards like HIGHEST EXPORTERS (AIRIA & CAPEXIL), BEST ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FACTORY to name a few.

He is the Past-President of ALL INDIA RUBBER INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (AIRIA), an Executive Committee member of Confederation of Indian Industry (Eastern Region). He is also associated with various organisations like Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, Globsyn Business School etc.

Dr. R. Mukhopadhyay Director R&D JK Tyre Industries and Director and Chief Executive Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI)

Dr. R.Mukhopadhyay did his graduation (B.Sc.) from Calcutta University, Masters in Physical Chemistry (M.Sc.), Doctorate in “High Polymer & Rubber Technology” from Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. He started his career in the 70’s as a Faculty in Applied Chemistry at I.I.T, Kharagpur. He subsequently joined Bayer India (Rubber Chemical Division) in 1979 and underwent five months training at KA-A Tyre Manufacturing Pilot Plant at Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany. He worked till 1987 in Technical ServiceBayer India Ltd, at different positions.

In October 1987 he joined JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. as Head of R&D to establish full fledged facilities including creation of an independent Tyre & Elastomer research institute. Presently he is the Director (R&D) of JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. as well as Director & Chief Executive of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer & Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), an independent Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) for doing the basic and applied research in Elastomer and Tyre.

He has got more than 36 years of experience in education, training and research. He is a Visiting Faculty at different IITs and national universities and is continuously interacting with them for joint research projects. So far 8 Ph.D’s were awarded by different universities, IITs under his guidance. He has to his credit more than 150 Research and Technical Papers and six patents. He is the Chairman of International Rubber Conference Organisation (IRCO)-UK Chairman of Indian Rubber Institute (IRI) Governing Council, Fellow Member of Indian National Academy of Engineers (FNAE), The Institution of Engineers India (FIE), Indian Rubber Institute (FIRI), American Chemical Society-Rubber Division, Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, Indian Institute of Quality etc.

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K.R.V. Parameshwar General Manager and Vice President Chem-Trend Chemicals

Mr. K.R.V. Parameshwar completed a B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a Masters from Syracuse University in the US. He has later had training at various institutes including the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and MIT.

Mr. Parameshwar joined Tata Administrative Services in 1976 and after 5 years mostly in Tata Finlay Limited, he joined Hindustan Lever Limited. During his 17 years in Hindustan Lever Limited, he headed various export operations, set up a number of Greenfield projects for export, created a Japan desk and an office in Tokyo and finally was the Head of the Animal Feeds Division.

In 1998, he left Hindustan Lever Limited to take up an assignment as Managing Director of the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, a multi-business, multinational organisation employing about 6,000 people across 6 countries. A turnaround strategy was created and put in place. In the year 2000 he moved as the Managing Director of OKS Speciality Lubricants (India) Private Limited and Bechem OKS (India) Private Limited, both German joint ventures in the area of speciality lubricants. He is currently the President & CEO of Klueber Lubrication India Private Limited and General Manager & Vice President of Chem-Trend Chemicals Co. Private Limited in India a subsidiary of Chem-Trend L.P. whose headquarters are in Howell, Michigan. He is also on the Global Executive Committee of Chem-Trend and the Global Steering Board of Klüber apart from leading various Freudenberg Group activities in India.

Mr. Parameshwar has been active in education both as a teacher and visiting faculty, as also through helping in the administration of a well known residential school. He is an advisor to a management Institute. He has been a speaker at various conferences and meetings.

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Jasbir Singh Industrial Advisor Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Mr. Jasbir Singh holds a Master of Science in Chemistry from the Punjab University. He has served in the Ministry of Industry from 1975 – 1994, where he was responsible for looking into matters of development of the chemical industry. He has been with Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers since 1994 and is involved with a wide range of issues in the areas of organic chemicals, specialty chemicals, rubber chemicals, pesticides and dyes. As Industrial Advisor, Singh is looking after issues concerned with sustainable development of the chemical industry. He is travelled widely, specially to chemical rich countries. Singh has been a past member of the International Chemical Review Committee under Rotterdam Convention. He has participated in the Executive Council meetings of CWC (Chemical Weapon Convention) in Netherlands. He has also participated in Quality Control and Standardization Conference in Tokyo.


Carsten Spichalsky Head of Technical Development Volkswagen India

Mr. Carsten Spichalsky is the Head of Technical Development of Volkswagen India Private Limited. As a Technical Office Leader for Volkswagen’s Project India, he played a key-role in the decision making process towards the R&D decisions to take the Step into the Indian Market with a full fledged Technical base.

Mr. Carsten Spichalsky started his career at VW AG in 1989 as an engineer in Gearbox Development, after which he worked for Audi in Ingolstadt and in other globally placed VW Plants.

From 2005 to 2008 he was leading the departments of Chassis Dynamics and Driver-assistance and Integrated Safety. In 2008 he worked on a project ‘PAUL’ in which a car is automatically parked without a driver. After a successful tenure of 19 years at VW Mr. Spichalsky was called upon to join the Volkswagen Project India as the Head of Technical Office.

Mr. Carsten Spichalsky is an University of Braunschweig Engineer Graduate (Class of ‘89), is married and has two children. He along with his family moved to India in 2008.

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Dr. Axel Stepken CEO and President TUEV SUED

1958 Born in Essen

1977 Final secondary-school examinations (Abitur) in Essen

1977 - 1978 Military service

1978 - 1984 Study of Electrical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University

1984 - 1990 Research assistant at the Institute of Electrical Engineering and High Voltage Technology (Institut fuer Allgemeine Elektrotechnik und Hochspannungstechnik) at RWTH Aachen University

1989 PhD in Engineering

1991 - 2002 Various management positions at ABB in Germany and Indonesia

2002 - 2007 TUEV SUED AG Member of the Board of Management; in charge of INDUSTRY and PEOPLE strategic business segments and ASIA-PACIFIC strategic region

since 06/2007 TUEV SUED AG CEO and President


Dr. Joerg Strassburger Country Representative and Managing Director LANXESS India

Joerg Strassburger has been the Country Representative and Managing Director of LANXESS India Private Limited since March 2005. He is responsible for the operations and development of LANXESS’ business units in India. Before this assignment, Strassburger was head of the Group Function Corporate Development at LANXESS AG, and was actively involved in developing LANXESS‘ global strategy.

Strassburger started his career 16 years ago with marketing cellulose ethers for the Bayer subsidiary, Wolff Walsrode. Later, he held the position of Head of Marketing and Sales for Wolff Walsrode in France. After four years in France, he became Strategy Consultant in the Strategic Planning unit of Bayer AG. Before joining LANXESS, he was head of Strategic Planning at Bayer Polymers.

Strassburger holds a doctorate in chemistry and a Diploma in economics. He enjoys traveling, motorcycling and reading. He is married and has one daughter.

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Dr. Rainier van Roessel Member of the Board of Management LANXESS

Rainier van Roessel studied business administration at the University of Cologne, obtaining his doctorate (rerum politicarum) in 1988. In the same year, he joined the Corporate Organization Department of Bayer AG as an internal advisor. In 1993, he became a strategy advisor in the Strategic Planning Department, where he helped to set up the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Unit. In 1997, van Roessel became Head of Strategic Marketing for Styrenics in the Plastics Business Group, and he was appointed Head of European Marketing for Polycarbonates in 2001. In the newly formed Bayer Polymers subgroup, he assumed responsibility for Global Operations Polyester/TPU/Films.

When LANXESS was established in 2004, he became Head of the Rubber Chemicals business unit, and in June 2006, he was appointed Managing Director of LANXESS N.V., in Antwerp, Belgium. On January 1, 2007, van Roessel was appointed to the Board of Management of LANXESS AG


Dr. Guenther Weymans Head of the Technical Rubber Products Business Unit LANXESS

Guenther Weymans has headed the LANXESS Technical Rubber Products business unit since January 2004. Weymans was born in Sevelen, Germany, on September 25, 1957. He studied at the University of Bonn, where he obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics. Dr. Guenther Weymans began his career with Bayer AG in 1985. After five years as a project manager in polymer research, he served in various management positions in Leverkusen, Germany; Baytown, Texas, USA; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Key stations in his career include Manager of the Global Process Technology Group, Chief Engineer of the Polyurethanes Business Group in Texas, Global Chief Technology Officer of Polyurethanes and Head of the Bayer TDI business.

Guenther Weymans has headed the Technical Rubber Products business unit at LANXESS since the start of 2004. In addition, since the beginning of 2007 he has been head of Technical Services, which have been managed under the LANXESS subsidiary Aliseca since the start of July. Weymans is also responsible for the LANXESS Logistics & Supply Chain group function.

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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Horst Wildemann Chair of Business Administration, Management, Logistics and Production Technical University of Munich

Horst Wildemann studied mechanical engineering (Master of engineering) and business administration (Master of commerce) in Aachen and Cologne. In 1974, after several years of working as an engineer in the automobile industry, he graduated as a PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) in economics. Then he attended the International Management Institute in Brussels and gained experience at several American Universities. In 1980 he qualified as a university lecturer (Dr. habil.) at the university in Cologne.

Since 1980 he has been lecturing as a full professor for business administration in the universities of Bayreuth, Passau and since 1989 at the Technical University of Munich. He has been asked for a professorship at the universities of Stuttgart Hohenheim, Dortmund, the Free and the Technical University of Berlin, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, and also the University of St. Gallen. In addition to teaching Prof. Wildemann is the executive of a consulting company for corporate planning and logistics with over 80 employees.

His practical experience supported the writing of 40 books and over 600 essays in which he shows new ways for the profitable creation of a successful company. Prof. Wildemann works as a consultant, as a member of the board of directors and as an advisory board member for leading industrial enterprises. He was awarded the “Staatsmedaille” of the Bavarian State and the federal Cross of Merit, first class, of the Federal Republic of Germany, doctor honoris causa of the university of Klagenfurt and Passau. Admission into Logistic Hall of Fame in 2004. Bayerischer Verdienstorden 2006. Badge of honor Bundesvereinigung Logistik 2008.

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