Born in Düsseldorf, Germany 1988 – 1993         Study of biology at the University of Bonn, Germany 1998       Ph.D. in microbiology 1998 – 2000         Independent consultant; project management for the Association of Applied Microbiology; coordination of industrial projects for the Pharmaceutical Microbiology department of the University of Bonn 1999 – 2001         Member of the Supervisory Board of Cognis B.V. Since 2000           Founding Partner and Director of Antiinfectives Intelligence Gesellschaft für klinisch-mikrobiologische Forschung und Kommunikation mbH 2001 – 2005         Member of the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA 2005 – 2008         Member of the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel KGaA 2008 – 2009         Member of the Supervisory Board and Vice Chairman of the Shareholders’ Committee of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA; Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Henkel Management AG Since 2009           Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA and Henkel Management AG and Shareholders‘ Committee of Henkel KGaA & Co. KGaA

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