The Supervisory Board of Bayer AG on Tuesday decided to reduce the size of the companionship ’s Board of Management from seven to five members effective January 1 , 2020 . Dr. Hartmut Klusik ( 63 ) and Kemal Malik ( 56 ) will leave the company as of December 31 , 2019 . As part of the previously communicated efficiency bill , neither situation will be retain . “ The Supervisory Board would like to thank both Dr. Hartmut Klusik and Kemal Malik for their longstanding and successful tenures at Bayer . Through their engagement and expertness , they have made major contributions to both their respective areas of responsibility and the company as a whole , ” said Werner Wenning , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG . “ By streamlining the construction of the Board of Management , we are optimize the allotment of obligation and contributing to the ship’s company ’s ongoing efficiency program . drive founding , leveraging engineering science and developing our meshwork of partnership are factors that will stay all-important to our company ’s achiever and will retain to be anchor in our management body structure . ”
As of January 1 , 2020 , the Board of Management of Bayer AG will comprise of Chairman Werner Baumann , Chief Financial Officer Wolfgang Nickl and division presidents Liam Condon ( Crop Science ) , Stefan Oelrich ( Pharmaceuticals ) and Heiko Schipper ( Consumer Health ) .
Hartmut Klusik has been a member of the Board of Management since January 2016 and is creditworthy for Human Resources , Technology and Sustainability . He is also the company ’s Labor Director . Kemal Malik has been a penis of the Board of Management since February 2014 and is responsible for for Innovation as well as the Asia / Pacific region . Their responsibilities will be reallocate . Werner Baumann , Chairman of the Board of Management , will assume responsibleness for Human Resources , Sustainability and Leaps by Bayer , an organizational unit that handles other investment in technology with groundbreaking potential . Baumann will also take over the role of Labor Director . The routine Engineering and Technology will report to Chief Financial Officer Wolfgang Nickl .
“ We appreciated our dialogue with Dr. Klusik . It was always assailable , constructive and on adequate footing , even though we did n’t always gibe . believability and respect are crucial broker that underpin any and all dealings with our colleagues . Mr. Baumann is committed to these values in his role as Chairman of the Board of Management – and we appear forward to this continuing in his capability as Labor Director as well , ” said Oliver Zühlke , Chairman of Bayer ’s Central Works Council .
Moving forward , the divisions will be creditworthy for the entire time value chain , from research and evolution to product and merchandising . The intercrossed map Corporate Quality and Corporate Health , Safety & Environment will be allocated to the sectionalisation . Regional province will also be reassign : Stefan Oelrich will be responsible for Europe / Middle East , Wolfgang Nickl for North America , Liam Condon for Latin America and Africa , and Heiko Schipper for Asia / Pacific .
