VERBAND DER CHEMISCHEN INDUSTRIE e.V. PRESS RELEASE 26 September 2014 Career Details Marijn Dekkers Dr. Marijn E. Dekkers, Chairman of the Board of Management of Bayer AG, Leverkusen, is elected VCI President by the general assembly of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) in Frankfurt. His term in office begins on 27 September 2014 and lasts for two years to the general assembly 2016, according to the statutes. Dekker has been on the VCI’s Presidential Council since 2011. Born on 22 September 1957 in the Dutch city of Tilburg, Dekkers studied chemistry and chemical engineering. He began his professional career in 1985 as a scientist at the corporate research center of General Electric in the United States, gaining experience in various units of the company before joining AlliedSignal (subsequently Honeywell International Inc.) in 1995. In 2000 Dekkers became Chief Operating Officer of Thermo Electron Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of laboratory instruments (later renamed Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. following the acquisition of laboratory supplier Fisher Scientific). As of 2002 he served as this company’s President and CEO. After 25 years of his career spent in the United States he joined Bayer on 1 January 2010. Dekkers has been chairman of Bayer AG’s Group Board of Management since 1 October 2010. Dekkers is a member of the Board of Directors of General Electric in the United States. He was Vice-President of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI), Frankfurt, and he is member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of German Industry (BDI), Berlin. Dekkers is also a member of the Business Council and the Business Roundtable, two U.S.-based associations of business leaders and CEOs of leading U.S. companies. Marijn Dekkers is married and has three daughters. He holds both Dutch and U.S. citizenship. Contact: VCI Press Dept. Phone: +49 69 2556-1496 E-Mail: [email protected] Please note: VCI news via Twitter at http://twitter.com/chemieverband Mainzer Landstraße 55 E-Mail: [email protected] Telefon +49 69 2556 - 1496 60329 Frankfurt Internet: www.vci.de/presse Telefax +49 69 2556 - 1613 .