Dr. Rainier van Roessel

Dr. Rainier van Roessel was born on August 4, 1957 in Oisterwijk in the Netherlands.

He 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 in 2001 he was appointed Head of European Marketing for Polycarbonates. 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.

Van Roessel is married and has three children.