Thomas Goergen

VP Global Public Affairs bei Covestro Deutschland AG

Germany

About

Connecting people under the flag of sustainable industry is what drives me. Many years of experience in senior management in the chemical industry and with publicly funded projects have made me humble before the upcoming challenges of the future. I am convinced that only together with cross-functional teams bursting by diversity can we succeed on the road to a sustainable future.

Experience

  • Covestro (Full-time · 10 yrs 11 mos)
    • VP Global Public Affairs
      Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    • VP Global Innovation Policy
      Sep 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • VP Head of Global Alliance Management
      Jul 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Climate-KIC (16 yrs 5 mos)
    • Member of The Supervisory Board
      Jan 2015 - Present · 11 yrs 7 mos

      EIT Climate-KIC is the EU’s climate innovation initiative, working to accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon and resilient world by enabling systems transformation. Headquartered in Amsterdam, it operates from 13 hubs across Europe and is active in 39 countries. EIT Climate-KIC was established in 2010 and is predominately funded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. As a Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), it brings together more than 400 partners from business, academia, the public and non-profit sectors to create networks of expertise, through which innovative products, services and systems are developed, brought to market and scaled-up for impact.

    • Chairman of The Supervisory Board
      Dec 2015 - Aug 2016 · 9 mos

    • Member of the Governing Board
      Mar 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 9 mos

  • Member of the Board of Directors at SusChem
    Jan 2021 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs

    SusChem is the European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry. It was created in 2004 as a joint initiative between Cefic, DECHEMA, EuropaBio, GDCh, ESAB and RSC with the main objective to revitalise and inspire European chemistry and industrial biotechnology research, development and innovation in a sustainable way.

  • Member Program Council Innovation at Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council)
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Cefic is a committed partner to EU policymakers, facilitating dialogue with industry and sharing our broad-based expertise. We represent large, medium and small chemical companies across Europe, which directly provide 1.2 million jobs and account for 14.7% of world chemical production. Based in Brussels since our founding in 1972, we interact on behalf of our members with international and EU institutions, non-governmental organizations, the international media, and other stakeholders.

  • Beirat at chemstars.nrw
    Apr 2021 - Sep 2024 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    chemstars.nrw offers startups strategic advice and a world-class network of experts from the chemical industry and venture capital. 100% free of charge. chemstars.nrw is an initiative of market-leading companies from the chemical industry and the German chemical industry association North Rhine-Westfalia (VCI NRW) supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Innovation, Digitalization and Energy.