Dr. Karsten Eller

Global responsibility for operations, procurement, supply chain management (SCM), R&D, Marketing, Brand Management and Sustainability

Globally responsible for Production, EHS, procurement, supply chain management (SCM), IT, controlling, communication, as well as M&A, previously also R&D, sustainability, and warranties; Beckers produces Industrial Coatings in 24 production sites in Europe, North and South America, Asia, Middle East and Africa; temporarily President Beckers Americas, based in Chicago, IL, USA, in addition to the COO role

responsible for operations of about 50 plants in Asia Pacific, Mergers&Acquisitions (M&A), capital investments, environmental, health and safety (EHS), quality management (QM), supply chain management (SCM)

responsible for Asia Pacific region, various acquisition activities and JV negotiations, post-merger integration, Asia strategy and Global product strategies, special technological initiatives, set-up of local production and build-up of sales force in China, internal and external communication

VP of Regional Business Unit Construction Chemicals Asia Pacific, including Underground Construction activities and BU Trade Compliance Officer; successful acquisition of two Chinese companies, JV negotiations, construction of a chemical intermediates plant in Shanghai, strategy development

Head of staff of Operating Division Intermediates; technology and production planning, coordination of investment projects, economic evaluations, acquisition activities, controlling of R&D budget, patent portfolio management, speaker to the press

Plant manager of a diversified Intermediates plant with several continuous and discontinuous reactors and distillations; in charge of investments, customer support, quality audits, calculation of production costs, assessment of environmental, safety and health issues, process optimization

Head of a development laboratory in Operating Division Intermediates; process optimizations, introduction of new chemicals using existing plants, addition of new technologies, plant trials, small-scale productions, planning and construction of pilot plants and bypass reactors

Head of a research laboratory in Central Research Chemicals; concerned with heterogeneous catalysis, new routes to existing products, syntheses of new molecules to extend the portfolio of industrial chemicals

organometallic chemistry NMR

Organisch-physikalische Chemie Analytische Chemie Massenspektrometrie