Wolfgang Edel

Commercial Strategy & Execution | Decarbonization, Defossilization & CO₂e Management | Business Development & Industrial Scale-Up | Chemical Value Chains | Start-up Advisor | Industry Speaker

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Experience

  • Advisory Board Member at Dioxycle
    Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

    Non-executive advisory role alongside my primary position at Brenntag Essentials. Focus on go-to-market, partnerships and industrial decarbonization.

  • Brenntag (8 yrs 2 mos)
    • Director Business Development Sustainability Brenntag Essentials
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Sustainability strategy & execution • Driving commercial approaches for defossilization, detoxification, and decarbonization • Developing circular business models and CO₂e-based business services • Embedding CO₂e as a business metric in transactions and integrating SBTi targets Strategic impact • Translating sustainability from PowerPoint to P&L by linking it to commercial growth • Positioning Brenntag through TÜV-certified CO₂e transparency solutions (e.g. CO₂Xplorer) • Designing and implementing sustainability policies Leadership & influence • Advising green-tech startups and innovators • Representing sustainability in executive-level discussions and industry associations External engagement • Speaking at international sustainability summits and industry events • Contributing to sustainability-focused media and publications

    • Senior Manager Sustainable Products and Solutions
      Mar 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Sustainability strategy development and implementation - Organizational & ecosystem readiness and development - Leadership of a commercial sustainability group and associated business initiatives Industry decorbonization - Development of a low carbon prodcuts portfolio - Development of a CO2e management system as revenue model - ISCC+ & REDcert2 certification Environmental preservation - Safer products - Replacement of SVHC and PFAS products Circular economy matchmaking - Closed loop packaging solutions incl. CO2 savings as new value poposition - Upselling of circular products - General industrial matchmaking Network - Large industry network ranging from chemical key producers to future green champions and green start-ups

    • European Product Manager Solvents & Team Lead Business Development
      Jun 2018 - Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • BASF (16 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Product Manager Formic Acid
      Jan 2013 - Jun 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    • Product Manager Acetylenics & Carbonates
      Feb 2011 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos

    • Global Supply Chain Manager NVP/PVP
      Dec 2006 - Jan 2011 · 4 yrs 2 mos