Oberrieden, Zurich, Switzerland
• More than 25 years of industrial experience in executive leadership positions in Life Science R&D • Focus on Industrial-, Pharma- and Agro-Biotechnology; Process Technology/Engineering and Chemical Industry • Successfully built and led teams, new functions and capabilities for R&D in Europe, USA and Saudi Arabia • Excellent scientific network to key players of academia, industry and international organizations • Experienced and actively engaged in Supervisory Boards of Chemical and Biotech companies • Member Fraunhofer Senate/ Germany, 12 years member of German Bioeconomy Counsel • Experienced in technical due diligence of biotech companies for Venture Capital • Active in scientific organizations
- coordinate Dow’s R&D activities with government, universities and major customers - provide technical leadership for new business development - design and implement the R&D site strategy in these areas - build Customer Innovation Center and reactivate collaboration with strategic customers - build R&D Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology / Saudi Arabia - design and implement geographic strategy for merger Dow-DuPont