Born April 10, 1940 in Emden/Germany

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LANXESS AG

Dr. Stomberg worked for almost 30 years for the BP petroleum group, latterly as Chief Executive of the Shipping, Refining and Marketing business segment. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of The British Petroleum Co plc, London. Afterwards he was member in several executive and supervisory bodies of large European companies.

Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards:

- Biesterfeld AG
- LANXESS Deutschland GmbH (Chairman)

Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies:

- HOYER GmbH
- KEMNA Bau Andreae GmbH & Co. KG
- Ruspetro plc, UK
- OAO Severstal, Russia

Dr. Stomberg studied economics at the University of Hamburg, graduating as Dr. rer. pol.

He is married and has four children.