Michael Schaefer

Global profit and loss responsibility / General Manager of the Business Unit Material Protection Products, one of 10 global Business Units of Lanxess AG, Germany. Reporting to the Board of Management; 7 global production sites; products for wood protection, antifouling, industrial preservation, disinfection, personal care, beverages

Global profit and loss responsibility for the Biocides Business Line of Lanxess AG, Germany; production in Europe, the USA and Asia; products and services for wood, coatings and industrial applications. In 2011 acquisition and integration of Syngenta's Material Protection business and the US biocides specialist Verichem Inc. In 2013 acquisition and integration of NIPSEA's (Nippon Paint South East Asia) Singapore-based PCTS Specialty Chemicals Pte. Ltd..

Responsible for the strategic development of the company's performance chemicals businesses; portfolio strategy, M&A, reorganization, restructuring, strategic management process

Member of the Chemicals & Oil competence center; strategy consulting on top executive level; market entry and portfolio strategy; business excellence programs; commercial due diligence; re-organization; M&A

Development of business process screening tools; modeling of business processes to derive measures for improved process efficiency

Research in Separation Technology as part of the German Degree; Scholarship from Ernest Solvay Foundation

Dipl.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering Technical University of Aachen (RWTH)