Dr. Klaus Engel

MEMBER, SUPERVISORY BOARD

Klaus Engel, married, was born on April 21, 1956 in Duisburg, Germany. From 2009 to 2017 he was Chief Executive Officer of Evonik Industries AG, a public listed, leading Specialty Chemical company with about 35000 employees and global sales of around 15 billion euros. In 1984 he received a PhD in Organic Chemistry from Ruhr-University Bochum. Later on he assumed various senior executive management positions in R&D, production, marketing and strategic planning at Chemische Werke Hüls/Marl, VEBA AG, Düsseldorf and Stinnes AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr before he joined Brenntag AG/Mülheim, the global leader in Chemical Distribution, in 2001 as Chief Executive Officer. In 2006 he became Member of the Board of RAG AG, Essen and CEO of Degussa AG, a predecessor company of Evonik Industries.

From 2010-2012 Klaus Engel was President of the Association of the Chemical Industry (VCI) and Vice-President of the German Industry (BDI) at the same time. On behalf of the Mayor of Shanghai he joined his International Business Leadership Advisory Council from 2012-2017. Since 2011 he is Member of the Supervisory Board of National-Bank, Essen and since 2018 Member of the Advisory Board of Ruhr-University, Bochum. Klaus Engel’s leadership in civil society was honoured in 2011 by the Fasel-Preis for Social market economy and in 2014 by the Federal Cross of Merit.

He is honorary professor at University of Duisburg/Essen and Member of the Board of trustees of Bonner Akademie für angewandte Politik at University of Bonn.