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​Curriculum Vitae

                                 

Professional Experience

since 2019
Managing Director Mannig Consulting (Potsdam)
Advising on Disarmament, Nonproliferation, Safety & Security, Sustainability
and International Cooperation
2015-2018
Vice President Corporate Responsibility (Hanau and Essen)
Managing internal and external CR Relations
2012- 2015
Vice President Bioeconomy (Hanau)
Strategic Partnerships by Bioeconomy in Southeast Asia and South America
2011-2012
Process Officer Compliance (Hanau)
Global Harmonization of Business Processes and IT tools
2009-2010
General Manager at Evonik Sanzheng Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.
(Yingkou and Chongqing, PR China)

2007 - 2009 Head of Innovation Steering and IP Management
Management of Innovation- and IP-portfolio as well as Environmental and Quality processes (Kalscheuren und Hanau)
2005 – 2007
Member of Board of Directors DSL.Japan
(Joint Venture between Shionogi und Degussa)
2004 – 2007
Vice President Matting Agents
(since 2006 additionally Specialty Silicas)
Worldwide Sales and Profit Responsibility (Frankfurt)
2004

Director Strategic Planning/Controlling and Business Development
Projects for Controlling Department (Frankfurt)
2003

Director Applied Technology Pigments
Application Service of our Pigment Activities (Hanau)
1998 – 2002

Plant Manager Bonn-Beuel
Responsible for Production and Site Remediation (Bonn)
1995 – 1998

Department Head Environmental Protection
Responsible for Immission Protection, Water and Waste; Utility Manager for Waste Water Treatment Plant and Waste Disposal (Hanau)
1990 – 1995

Manager Corporate Environmental Department
Responsible for Water Protection and Waste Management (Frankfurt)
1985 – 1990

Manager Applied Technology Environmental Protection
Responsible for Waste Water and Exhaust Air Treatment, later Waste Paper Recycling (Hanau and three years Allendale, NJ, U.S.A.)

 

Education

                  

1983 – 1985
Ph.D. work at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich
10-11/1982
Research Assistantship at Weizmann-Institut in Rehovot, Israel
1981 – 1982
Studying at Yale, New Haven, U.S.A.; final Degree: Master of Science
1978 – 1981
Basic Studies at Friedrich-Wilhelms-University in Bonn
1978
High School graduation at Alfred-Krupp-Gymnasium in Essen

 

Professional Associations

               

2007-2023
Member of „Trade and Production Control Issue Teams“ at European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic)
2000-2006
Chairman of Cefic „Working Party Against Chemical Weapons“
1990 – 2009 and 2012-2023
Member and since 1995 Chairman of Working Group „International Control Issues“ of German Chemical Industry Association (VCI)
1990 – 1995
Member of Technical Working Groups „Water“ and „Waste“ of VCI

and Economical Association Metals

                                   

Volunteer Work (past and present)  

 

- Active in Local Political Committees; i.a. Member of Local Parliament

   for four Years and as Board Member of Local Party
- Building a Foundation for Street Children in Ghana
- Member of „Scientific Advisory Board“ of Organisation for the Prohibition
  of Chemical Weapons in The Hague
- Functions in Church Councils in Bonn and Großkrotzenburg
- Member of Board of Literary Society “Gertrud-von-le-Fort-Gesellschaft”

 

 

Languages

                 

- English (fluent)
- French (basic knowledge)
- Chinese (beginner)

 

Hobbies

 

- (local) Politics
- Volunteer Work in Church and with Developing Countries
- Long-distance Marching
- Swimming
- Collecting Prints of Selected Artists

 

Other

 

- Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz)
- Appointed Legal Representative (Prokurist) of Degussa GmbH in 2004

- Training as Safety Engineer at BG Chemie

- Dialogpartner Umwelt of Fonds der Chemischen Industrie
- Scholarship Weizmann-Institute

- Fulbright-Stipend

- Teaching and Research Assistantship Yale Universität

- 120 Publications, Presentations and Patents

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