July 22, 1955, Wels / Austria

1973 Studied Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Vienna

1980 Earning a doctorate in the area of Technical Sciences

1980 Various posts at Wacker-Chemie GmbH

1990 Head of the WACKER SILICONES division’s regional Marketing & Sales department at Wacker Chemicals East Asia Ltd., Tokyo

1992 Head of Chemicals division in Tokyo

1996 Head of WACKER SILICONES’ Fluids/Resins/Silanes business unit at the Burghausen production site

2000 Member of the Wacker-Chemie GmbH Executive Board

2003 until end of 2008 CEO of Siltronic AG, a wholly-owned Wacker Chemie AG subsidiary

Since May 2008 a member of the Wacker Chemie AG Executive Board.

and since September 2009 additionally again CEO of Siltronic AG.