Covestro AG - Company Profile
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The following section provides information on Covestro AG’s senior management, executives, CEO and key decision makers and their roles in the organization. For more insight into Covestro AG's management and employees, unlock the full data with our company analytics monitoring tool.
Executives
Richard Pott
Chairman Executive BoardMr. Richard Pott has been the Chairman of the company. Prior to this, he has been the Director of the company since 2015. He worked as Bayer AG’s Director - Labour and was responsible for Americas, Africa and Middle East regions. He also works as Chairman of Covestro Deutschland AG and Director of Freudenberg SE and Schott AG.
Christian Baier
Chief Financial Officer; Director Executive BoardMr. Christian Baier has been the Chief Financial Officer and Director of the company since October 2023. Prior to this, he served as a Chief Financial Officer of METRO AG. Previously he served at Permira from 2006 to 2011.
Markus Steilemann
Chief Executive Officer Senior ManagementMr. Markus Steilemann has been the Chief Executive Officer of the company since April 2018. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Commercial Officer of Covestro in 2017. He headed the entire business unit headquartered in China from 2013 and 2015. He also held various management positions in the Polycarbonates business unit at Bayer MaterialScience from 2008.
Thorsten Dreier
Chief Technology Officer; Director - Labour Senior ManagementMr. Thorsten Dreier has been the Chief Technology Officer and Labour Director of the company since September 2023. Prior to this, he served as the Global Head of Production and Technology in the Coatings, Adhesives and Specialties business unit and later of the Specialty Films and Thermoplastic Polyurethanes business units. He also served as the Laboratory Manager in the Bayer Group.
Dr. Christoph Gürtler
Chair of the Managerial Employees Committee Senior ManagementDr. Christoph Gürtler has been the chair of of the Managerial Employees Committee of Covestro Deutschland AG and of the Covestro Group since April 2022. Prior to this, he served as Head of Global Industry Academia Cooperations in the Group Innovation department at Covestro since 2021. Prior to that, he served as Vice President for innovation department of Covestro Deutschland AG since 2017.
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