Matthias Heinzel

Executive | Senior Advisor | Focused on Private Equity, Board Engagements, and Start-ups

Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany

About

As an experienced Executive Board Member and Senior Advisor, I focus on private equity, board engagements, and start-ups, bringing a global, profitable growth-oriented approach to value creation and scaling businesses across industries. Most recently, I served as CEO Life Science and Executive Board Member at Merck, leading 26,000 employees and driving sustainable growth during some of the most dynamic years in the life science industry. Previously, I held executive and senior leadership roles at DuPont, including President Nutrition & Biosciences, where I led the business through a successful spin-off and subsequent merger with IFF. Earlier in my career, I worked at McKinsey & Company and held international leadership roles in the telecommunications sector.

Experience

  • Member of the Executive Board and CEO of Life Science at Merck Group
    Apr 2021 - May 2025 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Non Executive Director at IFF
    Feb 2021 - May 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • DuPont (18 yrs 2 mos)
    • President Nutrition & Biosciences
      Apr 2019 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • President - Nutrition & Health
      Jan 2015 - Mar 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    • Global Business Director - Nutrition & Health
      Jun 2013 - Dec 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Director Strategy & Business Development at WorldCom (today Verizon Communications)
    2001 - 2002 · 1 yr

  • Marketing Director at WorldCom (today Verizon Communications)
    1998 - 2000 · 2 yrs