Dr. Joachim Grub has headed LANXESS’s Polybutadiene Rubber business unit since July 2004.

Grub was born on March 3, 1959 in Bilbao, Spain. He 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 Mülheim/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 Polybutadiene Rubber business unit.

Dr. Joachim Grub is married and has two children.