OXONE - Key Persons
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- Spokesperson Financial & Business Media
Antonis Papadourakis joined LANXESS Corporation as its President and CEO in July, 2015. More about his person and his curriculum vitae
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Regional Director of IG BCE, Region Cologne - Bonn
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Chairman of the Works Council LANXESS in Cologne
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- Head of Corporate Communications
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- Member of the Board of Management
- Member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG
Dr. Anno Borkowsky has been a member of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG since May 13, 2019. He was previously head of the Additives business unit.
Dr. Anno Borkowsky was born in Cologne in 1959. After earning his biological technical assistant degree, he studied chemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany, where he received his doctorate in 1989.
Borkowsky joined Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany, as Unit Manager. In September 1995, he transferred to Bayer Corp., Orange, Texas, USA, as Operations Manager.
Borkowsky began his career with Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, then a subsidiary of Bayer AG, in 1999 as Chief Technology Officer. 2002, he became President of Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH. In the same year, he also took over as CEO of the Rhein Chemie Group, assuming global responsibility for the business. With the founding of LANXESS in 2004, Rhein Chemie became part of the specialty chemicals company.
Anno Borkowsky was appointed to become Member of the Board of Management by the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG on May 13, 2019, effective June 1, 2019. There he is responsible for the Specialty Additives segment. Borkowsky is married and has three children. His current contract is valid until December 31, 2023.
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Senior Plant Manager and Chairman of the LANXESS Group Managerial Employees' Committee
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Consultant Former Member of the Management Board
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- Member of the Board of Management
- Member of the Management Board
- Head of the Semi - Crystalline Products
- Members of Our Board of Management
Dr. Hubert Fink has been a member of the Management Board since October 1, 2015. He previously headed the current High Performance Materials business unit.
Hubert Fink was born in Jülich, Germany, in 1962. He studied process engineering at RWTH Aachen University, obtaining his doctorate in 1988. He completed a second diploma in business administration and engineering at RWTH Aachen University in 1992.
Fink joined Bayer AG in 1988. After holding various positions in production, plant engineering and the corporate staff division, he became head of Global Operations Semi-Crystalline Products in the Bayer Polymers subgroup in 2002.
When the LANXESS organization was set up in 2004, Fink became head of the Semi-Crystalline Products business unit. He headed the Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit since 2011.
Hubert Fink was appointed by the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG on September 22, 2015, to become Member of the Board of Management effective October 1, 2015.The Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG reappointed Mr. Fink as a member of the Board of Management in December 2022. His current contract is valid from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2026.
Fink is married and has two children.
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- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Head of Investor Relations
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- Spokesperson, Financial and Business Media
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- Member of the Board of Management
- Member of the Management Board
- Member of the Board of Management and Labor Director of LANXESS AG
Frederique van Baarle has been a member of the Management Board since April 1, 2023. Previously, she headed the High Performance Materials Business Unit.
Frederique van Baarle was born in Geleen, the Netherlands, in 1971.
After completing her Bachelor and MBA in Utrecht and Enschede, the Netherlands, she started her professional career in the chemical industry in 2000 at Royal DSM, where she held various management positions.
In 2011, Frederique van Baarle joined LANXESS and took over the management position Global Marketing and Supply Chain for EPDM rubber in the then business unit High Performance Elastomers (now ARLANXEO).
From 2013 to the end of 2018, she headed the Engineering Plastics business line for the EMEA region within the High Performance Materials business unit. In addition, she completed an executive training at the French business school INSEAD.
Frederique von Baarle is married and has four children.
Responsibilities
Human Resources
Region Americas
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Spokesperson Trade & Technical Media
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- Head of External Relations, Spokesperson
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG in Leverkusen
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Supervisory Boards of Various Commercial Enterprises
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Chairman of the Works Council LANXESS in Uerdingen
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- Head of General Media and Trade & Technical Media Spokesperson
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- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Management
- Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG
Matthias Zachert has been Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG since April 1, 2014. Previously, he was a member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of Merck KGaA.
Matthias Zachert was born in Bonn, Germany in 1967. After completing a commercial apprenticeship at Mercedes-Benz AG, he studied business administration from 1990 to 1995, majoring in finance and international management.
From 1999 to 2002, Matthias Zachert worked in Paris, France, as Chief Financial Officer of the International Region of Aventis Pharma AG, which was formed by the merger of Hoechst Marion Roussel (HMR) and Rhône-Poulenc Rorer. Before the merger that created Aventis, he held various senior management positions in the pharmaceuticals business of Hoechst AG. In 2002, Matthias Zachert became Chief Financial Officer at Kamps AG, where he helped to restructure the company.
Matthias Zachert served as Chief Financial Officer of LANXESS AG from 2004 to 2011, where he had a key role in establishing the global finance organization, restructuring the portfolio, and realigning the company after it was spun off from Bayer.
From June 2011, he was a member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer at Merck KGaA.
Matthias Zachert was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG effective April 1, 2014. His current contract is valid until March 31, 2024.
Zachert is married and has four children.
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Corporate Communications
Corporate Development
Legal & Compliance
Business Units: Flavors & Fragrances, Liquid Purification Technologies, Material Protection Products
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- Spokesperson Trade & Technical Media
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- Corp. Comm. Manager & Media Spokesperson
- Corp. Comm. Manager & Media Spokesperson USA
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Board of Management
- Chief Financal Officer
Oliver Stratmann has been Chief Financial Officer of LANXESS since September 1, 2023. He previously headed the Investor Relations Group Function.
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Managing Executive Committee of IG BCE, Hannover
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- Head of Corp Communications, Americas COM CORPORATE COM NAFTA
- Head of Corp Communications, Americas COM CORPORATE COM NAFTA USA
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- Head of Treasury & Investor Relations