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Norman Berkmann is an experienced Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager, currently working at Merck Group, where he has been since January 2018. In his role, he is responsible for managing regulatory compliance, particularly the preparation and coordination of permit applications under the Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG), and overseeing emission reporting obligations. Prior toRead more

Excited of Artificial Intelligence and Information Retrieval, I started as a Consultant. Using the experience of more than 5 years, I decided to run my own business and started a startup for Decision Making, a consultancy for Data Analytics and a co-creation space in Cologne. Now I am also supporting Startups using a prototyping approach.Read more

Marie was born in the sunny city of Houston, USA and raised in the nonetheless sunny city of Toulouse in the south of France. After two years of Classe Préparatoire aux Grandes Écoles, she moved to Paris to pursue her chemistry studies at ENS Paris-Saclay, and holds a Masters in Molecular Chemistry and Interfaces fromRead more

Elke is an experienced Supply Chain & IT Senior Executive, grounded and rounded in different global Supply Chain, Logistics and IT leadership roles in in global and multi-cultural environments. Her passion is to run Supply Chain as a business function, mastering all end-to-end aspects: thus, not only increasing efficiencies, but even more delivering value, superiorRead more

Fabian Kneip is responsible for the Supply Chain Management of Evonik’s Care Solutions Business Unit which is supplying the world’s leading consumer brands with sustainable ingredients for personal care and cleaning applications. Fabian is motivated by his ambition to achieve high reliability and optimizing cash flows by managing the complexities of global value chains, makingRead more

Folkert Bloembergen is a seasoned chemical engineer with over 30 years of international experience in various Supply Chain and Commercial management roles across Poland, the Czech Republic, the USA, Germany, and the Netherlands predominantly in the Chemical Industry. Currently, he serves in as the Global Director of Business Processes, Trade Compliance and Master Data inRead more

Bjoern Neal Kirchner, a graduated economist from Munich and London universities, has 20 years’ experience in logistics and supply chain management at senior level. Shifting twice between China and Europe, he has worked in 5 countries moving along the entire supply chain. He gained experience in emerging markets and led teams through challenging SAP-implementations andRead more

Educational background in applied mathematics and started the career in the Energy & Utility sector. Now for more than ten year in the chemical industry. At Evonik responsible for the corporate supply chain function and in this role driving the companies large and global supply chain transformation. The Pop in My Job: There never haveRead more

Olaf Stange is an experienced manager specializing in sustainability and innovation, with over 20 years of professional experience, primarily at Bayer. He currently leads Bayer’s Scope 3 Decarbonization Accelerator Program, aimed at achieving the company’s ambitious climate goals. Previously, he served as Program Manager for the Ecological Footprint of Pharmaceuticals and was responsible for technologyRead more

Markus Hofmann is Senior Team Lead for Supply Chain & Logistics Excellence at BASF SE. In this role, he has a direct influence on the company’s supply chain strategy. His tasks include the implementation of supply chain value add solutions and the development of corresponding business concepts. He provides consulting services for key accounts, isRead more