Anno Borkowsky
Head of the Rhein Chemie Business Unit
LANXESS AG


Dr. Anno Borkowsky is CEO and President of Rhein Chemie, a position he has held since June 2002.

Dr. Borkowsky began his career with Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH, Mannheim, Germany in February 1999 as Executive Vice President. He was soon promoted to Regional Manager Europe and Chief Technology Officer before accepting his current role as CEO and President.

Prior to his career at Rhein Chemie, Dr. Borkowsky joined Bayer AG in Leverkusen, Germany as Unit Manager. In September 1995, he transferred to Bayer Corp., in Orange, Texas, USA as Operations Manager.

Dr. Borkowsky earned his Biological Technical Assistant Degree in 1981. He went on to obtain a Master of Chemistry and Ph. D. in Chemistry from University of Cologne, Germany.

Thomas Bubendorfer
Solo Climber


Thomas Bubendorfer is one of the world’s foremost solo climbers. There are only few men in the world who live up to this extreme challenge. Unlike conventional climbers, a free solo climber uses neither ropes nor any other protection. In overhanging rock and ice faces up to ten thousand feet high his life depends entirely on his dedication, focus, and his ability to think and make decisions under extreme pressure: the slightest mistake is lethal.

In 1983, at 21 years of age, Thomas joined the elite inner circle of solo climbers with a record climb of the highest and hardest face of the Alps - The Eiger North Face in Switzerland, a record unbroken to this day. Since that time he has been one of the dominating personalities of alpine solo climbing. Thomas Bubendorfer is a celebrity in Europe and has appeared on countless television shows. His life and his achievements as a climber have been portrayed in more than a dozen documentaries.

Werner Breuers
Member of the Board of Management
LANXESS AG


Dr. Werner Breuers was born in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on December 9, 1958. He studied Chemistry at Aachen Technical University, obtaining a doctorate in science. He began his career in 1989 as a chemist in the Research and Development Division of Hoechst AG in Frankfurt.

After holding a number of managerial positions at Hoechst AG, in 1999 Breuers became Vice President of Licensing & Catalysts of the Polyethylene Manufacturer Elenac GmbH in Kehl, Germany. One year later, Elenac GmbH became part of Basell Group. As a member of the Basell management team he was Head of the Global Technology Business Division based in Milan, Italy, and was subsequently President of Basell Polyolefins Europe based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

On May 14, 2007, Breuers was appointed to the Board of Management of LANXESS AG. His responsibilities and strategic areas of operations include the business segments Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates and the Procurement, Research & Development and Industrial & Environmental Affairs Group Functions.

Jilly Chen
Purchasing Director
Cooper Chengshan Tire Co., Ltd.


Chen holds MBA degree.  She worked for Training and HR function at Guangdong Nortel Telecommunication Co. Ltd, from 1995 to 1998.  Then, she moved on to Krupp Chen Plastics Technology Co. Ltd, and worked for the HR and Admin Department from 1998 to 2007.  Currently, she works as the Purchasing Director at Cooper Chengshan Tire Co. Ltd.

Ron Commander
Head of the LANXESS Butyl Rubber business unit
LANXESS AG


Dr. Ron Commander has served as Head of the LANXESS Group’s Butyl Rubber business unit since June 1, 2004.

Commander was born in Brisbane, Australia, on April 24, 1950. The Ph.D. chemical engineer was educated in the UK. He embarked on his professional career in 1975 working in research and development of processes for manufacturing methane rich gases. He then moved to Canada in 1982 working for Polysar Inc. of Sarnia, joining Bayer AG with its acquisition of Polysar in 1990.

Before becoming Head of the LANXESS Butyl Rubber business unit in 2004, Mr. Commander worked in research and development, production and technical service at Bayer’s former Rubber Business Group and in business development at Bayer Polymers Shanghai.

Feng Fei
Director General and Researcher for
The Industrial Economic Research Department, Development Research Center Of The State Council


Feng holds a Doctorate from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua University.  Beginning November 1993, Feng served in the Technical-Economy Research Department at the Development Research Center of the State Council.  In 1997 he was appointed Director of the Technical-Economy Research Department. He was transferred in 1998 to the Industrial Economic Research Department and began serving as Director General and Researcher.

Focus areas for Feng’s research include industrial economics, economics of regulation and technical innovation.  He has been involved in national dispositions and major research projects organized by the Development Research Center. He has also been involved in assisting relevant government ministries in industry planning, including drafting reform proposals and policy design.  Feng is a holder of the National Outstanding Contributions award, issued by the State Council.

Deputy Chief of the Central People's Government Liaison Office in Macao Special Administrative Region


Gao Yan, born in Jiaohe, Hebei province in November 1958. After graduated from Renmin University of China in 1982, she worked in the Foreign Economic Relations & Trade Ministry as the department director, deputy director and director of the General Office as well as the news spokeswoman of the Ministry from 1982 to 2003. From June 2003 to August 2003, she was the director of the General Office, director of the Information Office and the news spokeswoman in the Ministry of Commerce of China. Then, Gao Yan took the responsibility as the vice president of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the China Chamber of International Commerce before she was appointed as the deputy Chief of the Central People's Government Liaison Office in Macao Special Administrative Region in September 2006.

Joachim Grub
Head of the Performance Butadiene Rubber Products business unit
LANXESS AG


Grub studied chemistry at the Technical University RWTH Aachen, Germany, where he obtained a science doctorate after a dissertation at the ’Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung’ in Mühlheim/Ruhr.  Starting his career in 1989 with EC Erdölchemie GmbH, the later BP Köln GmbH, in research and development, Joachim Grub held different top positions in the production, finally as Head of Manufacturing.

In 2002, Grub joined Bayer as Head of the Global Operations Polybutadiene and Butyl Rubber. Since July 2004 he has headed LANXESS’s Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit.  Joachim Grub has headed LANXESS’s Performance Butadiene Rubbers business unit since July 2004.

Axel Claus Heitmann
Chairman of the Board of Management
LANXESS AG


Axel Claus Heitmann studied chemistry at Hamburg University and the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), obtaining a science doctorate in 1988. He joined Bayer in 1989 where he entered the post-graduate trainee program. Between 1989 and 1991 he held various positions in the Central Research Division, and in the Applications Development and Manufacturing sections of the Rubber Business Group. 

Following two years as a plant manager, he transferred to Bayer plc in the United Kingdom as Manager of the Rubber Business Group's Bromsgrove site. In 1996 Heitmann was appointed Head of Manufacturing and Technology at PolymerLatex. From

March 1999 to January 31, 2002, Dr. Heitmann was Head of the Wolff Walsrode Business Group. He was then appointed General Manager of the Rubber Business Group at Bayer AG. In July 2002, he became a member of the Executive Committee of Bayer MaterialScience.

On September 16, 2004, Dr. Axel Claus Heitmann was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of LANXESS AG.

Martin Kraemer
Country Representative of LANXESS Greater China


Martin Kraemer studied economic sciences at Cologne University and obtained a masters degree in 1991.   In the same year, Kraemer joined Bayer with a position in the internal auditing department of Bayer Group. After three years at the headquarters, he relocated to Korea in 1994 as deputy managing director and head of administration of Bayer Korea Ltd. in Seoul.  After his return to Germany he held various management positions in marketing, planning and controlling in the Bayer Chemical Division.  In 2003, Kraemer also was a member of the project team for the spin-off of LANXESS AG from Bayer. He was appointed head of the Treasury Group Function of LANXESS AG after its foundation in July 2004.

In April 2008, Martin Kraemer was appointed Chief Financial Officer of LANXESS Greater China.  In January 2009, he has been appointed as Country Representative of LANXESS Greater China.
 

Luis López-Remón
Head of the Rubber Chemicals business unit
LANXESS AG


Luis López-Remón was born in Guadalajara, Spain on September 27, 1957. He studied economics and completed his studies at the University of Wuppertal, graduating as an economist. He followed this up with postgraduate studies at the Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France.

López-Remón began his career in 1984 at Pall Filtrationstechnik in Frankfurt, Germany. Between 1986 and 2003, he worked for Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (APCI), where he held top positions in sales and marketing in Germany and abroad. His final position was as General Sales and Business Manager at Air Products Polymers, a joint venture between Air Products and Wacker Chemie which he was instrumental in establishing and integrating.

In March 2003, López-Remón joined Bayer Chemicals as Head of Regional Coordination and was in charge of the two Board initiatives, Sales and Marketing Excellence. From January 2004 until the end of 2006, he headed LANXESS’ Textile Processing Chemicals business unit.

Since 2007, Luis López-Remón has been Head of the Rubber Chemicals business unit for LANXESS AG.

Ma Lian Xiang
President of Qingdao University of Science & Technology


Ma holds a doctoral degree from Middle of China University of Science and Technology.  At present, he is the President of Qingdao University of Science & Technology.  Prior to his current position, he served as several different roles for Qingdao University of Science & Technology.

Rainier van Roessel
Member of the Board of Management
LANXESS AG.


Rainier van Roessel studied business administration at the University of Cologne, obtaining his doctorate (rerum politicarum) in 1988. In the same year, he joined the Corporate Organization Department of Bayer AG as an internal advisor. In 1993, he became a strategy advisor in the Strategic Planning Department, where he helped to set up the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Unit. In 1997, van Roessel became Head of Strategic Marketing for Styrenics in the Plastics Business Group, and he was appointed Head of European Marketing for Polycarbonates in 2001. In the newly formed Bayer Polymers subgroup, he assumed responsibility for Global Operations Polyester/TPU/Films.

When LANXESS was established in 2004, he became Head of the Rubber Chemicals business unit, and in June 2006, he was appointed Managing Director of LANXESS N.V., in Antwerp, Belgium.  On January 1, 2007, van Roessel was appointed to the Board of Management of LANXESS AG.

Wang Feng
General Manager of Henan Aeolus tire Co., Ltd


Wang Feng was born in September, 1965.  He graduated from Qingdao University of Science and Technology and received EMBA degree from China European International Business School.  He is the General Manager of Henan Aeolus Tire Co., Ltd., meanwhile, he acts as the director of China Rubber Council and the member of Tire Institute Committee under Qingdao University of Science and Technology.  

Guenther Weymans
Head of Technical Rubber Products business unit
LANXESS AG


Guenther Weymans has headed the LANXESS Technical Rubber Products business unit since January 2004.

Weymans was born in Sevelen, Germany, on September 25, 1957. He studied at the University of Bonn, where he obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics. Dr. Guenther Weymans began his career with Bayer AG in 1985. After five years as a project manager in polymer research, he served in various management positions in Leverkusen, Germany; Baytown, Texas, USA; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Key stations in his career include Manager of the Global Process Technology Group, Chief Engineer of the Polyurethanes Business Group in Texas, Global Chief Technology Officer of Polyurethanes and Head of the Bayer TDI business.

Guenther Weymans has headed the Technical Rubber Products business unit at LANXESS since the start of 2004. In addition, since the beginning of 2007 he has been head of Technical Services, which have been managed under the LANXESS subsidiary Aliseca since the start of July. Weymans is also responsible for the LANXESS Logistics & Supply Chain group function.

YANG Yudong
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of China Business News, Vice President of China Business News Research


Yang started his career as the journalist for Shanghai Stock Daily in 1993.  Currently, he is the Deputy Chief Editor for China Business News and Vice President of China Business News Research.  CNB research is one of the reputable think tanks in China.

Yang Yiyong
Director General and Researcher At The Research Institute for Social Development, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)


Yang Yiyong holds a doctoral degree from Renmin University of China and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Prior to his current position, he served as deputy director general and research at the Research Institute for Economics at NDRC.   At present, in addition to serving as director general and researcher, he is also a consultant on national technological development at the Ministry of Science and Technology and part-time professor for Renmin University of China, Liaoning University, Tsinghua University, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics and Beijing Normal University.

His research areas are macroeconomics and engineering consulting.  The State Council has awarded him with special government allowance.

Xiong Chuanlin
Deputy Secretary General of the China Association of Automobile Manufactures.


Xiong Chuanlin was born in Shanghai in 1947, and served in the Chinese People's Liberation army from March of 1968 to March of 1971.

Beginning April 2007, he served as Deputy Secretary General of the China Association of Automobile Manufactures.

Prior to taking his current position, Mr. Xiong served as Deputy Director of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group) from 1986 to 1990, plant manager of Shanghai Automotive Electronics (Group) Co., Ltd from 1990 to 1997 and secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 2007.

Xu Chunhua
Vice chief of China Rubber Industry Association
Chief of CRIA Rubber Chemicals Sub-commission
Researcher


Xu graduated from Shanghai Fudan University, majoring in High Polymer.  She takes rich experience in the development and application research of rubber new materials, acting as the project leader of a number of national key scientific and technological projects including high performance radial tire and rubber auxiliary.  She won National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize, and published 50 plus scientific thesis. She used to be Deputy President of Beijing Research and Design Institute of Rubber Industry, currently takes role of Vice Chairman of China Rubber Industry Association, and Director-General of Rubber Chemicals Sub-commission.

Ye Shen
Senior Industry Research Manager for the World Rubber for China Magazine
Ringier Trade Media Ltd.

Ye graduated from Ocean University of China in 1984 with the major of chemicals. He worked at GuangXi Institute of Oceanology from 1984 to 1990.  In 1990, he moved on to Maoming Research Institute of Petrochemical Processing, where she worked as Director of the lab.  Since 2000, he joined Ringier Trade Media Ltd. and worked as the chief editor for “International Footwear News” and “Rubber World for China”.

Yan Gaofa
Technical Vice General Manager
Chuangzhou Langbo Auto Parts Products Co., Ltd


Yan graduated from Shenyang University of Chemical Technology with the major in Polymer Materials and Engineering in 1988.  From 1988 to 2002, Yan worked as the Senior Engineer of Seals Research Lab and  Chief Engineer of engineering company for  Northwest Rubber & Plastic Research & Design Institute.  Since 2002, he has became the Technical Vice General Manager of Changzhou Langbo Auto Parts Products Co., Ltd.