Bayer aligns organization with Life Science businesses

The Crop Science Division - Bayer's agriculture business - is active in the seed, chemical and biological crop protection and non-agricultural pest control markets. Animal Health provides products and solutions to prevent and treat diseases in companion and farm animals.

Bayer Board of Management to be enlarged and assume overall operational responsibility

Effective January 1, 2016, the Board of Management of Bayer AG will comprise eight members headed by Chairman Marijn Dekkers. Johannes Dietsch will be responsible for Finance; Werner Baumann will oversee Strategy and Portfolio Management; and Kemal Malik will have responsibility for Innovation. Michael König will be leaving the company at his own request on expiration of his contract. Hartmut Klusik, currently responsible for Product Supply on the Board of Management of Bayer HealthCare AG, will be the new Labor Director and Board member responsible for Human Resources, Technology and Sustainability. As part of the reorganization, the Board of Management areas for Innovation and Technology will be additionally strengthened. The Board of Management will also be enlarged to include the three divisional heads: Dieter Weinand (headquartered in Berlin, Germany), Erica Mann (headquartered in the future in Basel, Switzerland) and Liam Condon (headquartered in Monheim, Germany).

Dieter Weinand, 55, was appointed to the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee as head of the Pharmaceuticals Division on Aug1, 2014. Before moving to Bayer HealthCare, he was President, Global Commercialization & Portfolio Management at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc. in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Prior to that, he held various responsibilities in commercial, operational and strategic roles at a number of pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He was born in Boppard, Germany, and earned a B.A. in biology from Concordia College, New York, and an M.S. in pharmacology and toxicology from Long Island University, New York. Weinand is married and has three children.

Erica Mann, 56, was appointed to the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee as head of the Consumer Care Division in mid-March 2011. She also chairs the World Self Medication Industry Association. Before joining Bayer, her roles included Managing Director of Wyeth in Australia and New Zealand from 2003. In April 2009, she became Senior Vice President for the global Nutrition business. Following the acquisition of Wyeth by Pfizer, Mann moved to the United States, where she was President and General Manager of Pfizer's Nutrition Division and a member of that company's Senior Management Team. Mann was born in Vereeniging, South Africa. She holds a degree in analytical chemistry and a marketing management diploma from the Institute of Marketing Management in Johannesburg, South Africa. Erica Mann has two adult children.

Liam Condon, 47, has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of Bayer CropScience and Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer CropScience AG since December 1, 2012. Prior to that, he held various positions of increasing responsibility for Bayer's Pharmaceuticals Division in Europe and Asia. In January 2010, Condon was appointed Managing Director of Bayer HealthCare Germany and head of Bayer's Pharmaceuticals business in Germany. Condon is a member of the Board of Directors of CropLife International. He studied international business at Dublin City University, Ireland, and, with a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Condon is married and has two sons.

Hartmut Klusik, 59, was appointed to the Bayer HealthCare Executive Committee on July 5, 2005, and is responsible for Product Supply at Bayer HealthCare. He is also a member of the management boards of Bayer HealthCare AG and Bayer Pharma AG. Klusik began his career at Bayer's former Wolff Walsrode AG subsidiary in 1984, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility. In 1990, he transferred to Bayer AG and was appointed head of crop protection production in Brazil. This was followed by assignments in the United States and Australia. In 1997, Klusik took charge of crop protection active ingredient production in Dormagen and, in 2002, became head of active ingredient production for Bayer CropScience in Monheim. In early 2005, he was appointed head of the Technical Operations Committee at Bayer HealthCare. Hartmut Klusik was born in Niederwald, Germany. He graduated with a doctorate in chemistry from the Philipps University in Marburg. Klusik is married and has two children.