Heitmann chosen to lead Lanxess.Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and designated the future management board of the new chemical company Lanxess, which they plan to launch in early 2005. The board consists of Axel Axel: see Absalon. Claus Heitmann, Matthias Zachert, Ulrich Koemm, Bruce Olson Bruce Olson is a Scandinavian-American Christian missionary who traveled to the jungles of South America at the age of nineteen. What differentiates him from many of the other missionaries of his time was that rather than "Westernizing" or "Americanizing" the indigenous and Martin Wienkenhover. Axel Claus Heitmann was named chief executive officer designate Officer Designate (OF(D)) is a term used in the NATO rank scale, and comes below OF-1. Ranks designated as OF(D) include:
Matthias Zachert was designated chief financial officer. He is currently group chief financial officer of Kamps AG. In 1995, he joined the International Management Program of what was then Hoechst AG Hoechst AG was a German life-sciences company that became Aventis after its merger with Rhône-Poulenc S.A. in 1999. It has been called "The pharmacy of the world" due to its important role in the world's drug market. , and in 1996, became head of a special IPO (Initial Public Offering) The first time a company offers shares of stock to the public. While not a computer term per se, many founders, employees and insiders of computer companies have found this acronym more exciting than any tech term they ever heard. project to establish the Hoechst Marion Roussel pharmaceutical business as a separate legal entity. In 1999, he assumed responsibility for the integration of the finance organizations of HMR HMR Hazardous Materials Regulations HMR Human Resources HMR Home Meal Replacement HMR Hamrun (postal locality, Malta) HMR Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont (Montréal, Canada) and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, which became Aventis Pharma. In 2000, Zachert was named chief financial officer of Region International of the company. Ulrich Koemm will be responsible for chemical intermediates, performance plastics and performance rubber, and is currently management board chairman at Bayer Chemicals AG. Koemm joined Bayer in 1980 as laboratory manager in the research department of the Inorganic Chemicals Business Group. He became head of manufacturing in the PK Business Group in 1992. In 1999, he was named general manager of the Coatings and Colorants Business Group. Bruce Olson will be responsible for performance chemicals, and is currently executive vice president of marketing and sales for Bayer Chemicals AG. He joined Air Products B.V. as regional business director in 1993. He joined Bayer AG in 2000 as head of the Polymer Additives Business Unit. He was named general manager of the former Specialty Products Business Group. Martin Wienkenhover will be CAO and responsible for human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . He is currently executive vice president of technology, manufacturing and business service, and labor director of Bayer Chemicals AG. He joined Bayer AG in 1985 as head of a development and formulating laboratory in the former Dyes and Pigments business group. He later held development and marketing positions for this group. |
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