BA in Int'l Marketing & Languages, Dublin City University and Technology University of Berlin. Formerly: marketing and sales functions, Schering, Germany; five years as head of a business unit, Japan; Regional Marketing and Medical Director, Asia-Pacific/Middle East region, Schering, Berlin; from 2005, Managing Director, Schering China. With Bayer: positions of increasing responsibility in the Healthcare Division, Europe and Asia; 2007-10, Managing Director, Bayer HealthCare China and Bayer Pharma General Manager, China; from 2010, Managing Director, Bayer Healthcare, Germany, and head of Bayer Pharma's business in Germany; from Dec. 2012, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Bayer CropScience subgroup and Chairman of the Board of Management, Bayer CropScience. Since January 2016, Member of the Board of Management Bayer. Since March 2022: Group Chief Executive Officer, Johnson Matthey, United Kingdom. Interests: family, foreign languages, marathon running.