Axel Claus Heitmann (born October 2, 1959) is a German business executive in the

chemical industry The chemical industry comprises the companies that produce industrial chemicals. Central to the modern world economy, it converts raw materials (oil, natural gas, air, water, metals, and minerals) into more than 70,000 different products. The ...

Life and career

Born in Hamburg, Germany, Heitmann studied

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

as an undergraduate at the University of Hamburg. He went on to earn his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Southampton in England.BusinessWeek executive profile
accessed 12/10/09. After being enrolled in a training program at Bayer AG, he held a series of research and development and management jobs in the company’s rubber manufacturing and cellulose products divisions. In 2002, he rose to the post of head of Bayer’s Rubber Business Group and joined the executive committee of Bayer MaterialScience.Brad Dawson, “Lanxess’ Top Exec Discusses Firm’s Plans, Progress,” ''Rubber & Plastics News'', October 2, 2006. In 2004, when Bayer spun off its rubber and specialty chemicals businesses into a new company,

Lanxess AG Lanxess AG is a German specialty chemicals company based in Cologne, Germany that was founded in 2004 via the spin-off of the chemicals division and parts of the polymers business from Bayer AG. Shares in Lanxess AG were listed in Germany’s DAX ...

, Heitmann was named as chairman of the Board of Management.''ChemEurope.com'', “Bayer NewCo to be Named ‘Lanxess,’” March 19, 2004. In 2008, he received a Stevie Award for Best Executive in Europe.The Stevies
The International Business Awards, accessed 12/10/09. Heitmann is married and has two children.Lanxess website
“Dr. Axel Claus Heitmann: Curriculum Vitae,”
accessed 12/10/09.

References

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