Lanxess AG appointed Dr. Hubert Fink to the Board of Management, effective October 1st. The number of members of the Board of Management will thus increase from three to four. Fink currently heads the Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit at Lanxess.
On the Board he will manage the the Advanced Intermediates segment with the Advanced Industrial Intermediates and Saltigo business units and for the High Performance Materials business unit. He will also assume responsibility for the Global Procurement & Logistics group function and the Production, Technology, Safety and Environment (PTSE) group function, which combines all production-related services.
Supervisory Board Chairman Dr. Rolf Stomberg said “In Hubert Fink, we have appointed an experienced expert from within the company to join the Board of Management of Lanxess AG. His expertise in chemistry and technology will be a valuable asset to the Board of Management. The Supervisory Board wishes him every success in his new position.”
Fink studied process engineering at RWTH Aachen University. He completed a second diploma in business administration and engineering at RWTH Aachen University.
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 Lanxess was set up in 2004, Fink became head of the Semi-Crystalline Products business unit. He has headed the Advanced Industrial Intermediates business unit since 2011.