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Members of the Management Committee


Stefan Borgas (1964) Holds a degree in business administration from the University of Saarbruecken and a lic. oec. HSG degree (MBA) from the University of St. Gallen

  • Chief Executive Officer (since June 2004) and COO Life Science Ingredients division (since June 2010)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Syngenta (since 2009)
  • Board member of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce (since 2009)
  • Worked in various functions for BASF Group (from 1990 until May 2004) Group Vice-President, Regional Business Unit Fine Chemicals North America, BASF Corp. (2003-May 2004) Group Vice-President, Regional Business Unit Fine Chemicals Europe, Africa, Middle East, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen (2001-2003) Director Strategic Marketing Animal Nutrition, Fine Chemicals Division, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen (1998-2001) Group Logistics Manager, Engineering Plastics, BASF Corp. (1995-1998)





Uwe H. Böhlke (1964) Holds a degree and a PhD in mechanical engineering as well as a degree in economics from the RWTH Aachen University.
  • Member of the Management Committee and (since January 2007)
  • Chief Officer Global Human Resources / Corporate Services (since November 2009)
  • COO LCM - Exclusive Synthesis (July 2009 - October 2009)
  • Head of Exclusive Synthesis business sector (January 2007 - July 2009)
  • Held various positions at SCHOTT AG, Mainz: Executive Vice President of the global business unit "Home Tech" (2003-2006), Vice President Global "Research and Development" (1998-2003), additional global assignment "Intelectual Properties" (2001-2003), Vice President "Corporate Engineering and Special Machines" (1996-1998)
  • Held various positions at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Munich, Institute of Production Technology, Aachen: chief engineer and member of the Institute Management (1994-1996), Consultant in Technology and Innovation Management (1990-1994)





Toralf Haag (1966) Holds a degree in business administration from the University of Augsburg and a PhD from the University of Kiel

  • Member of the Management Committee and Chief Financial Officer (since August 2005)
  • Worked as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board at Norddeutsche Affinerie AG, Hamburg (2002-August 2005)
  • CEO President Stamping & Frame Division of The Budd Company Detroit, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Automotive (2000-2001)
  • Director Finance, M&A and Corporate Development, The Budd Company Detroit (1997-1999)
  • Assistant to the CEO of Thyssen Handelsunion AG, Düsseldorf (1994-1996)





Stephan Kutzer (1965) Holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Munich

  • Member of the Management Committee (since June 2005)
  • COO Custom Manufacturing APIs division (since November 2009)
  • COO Custom Manufacturing - Biopharmaceuticals (July 2009 - October 2009)
  • Head of Biopharmaceuticals business sector (June 2005 - July 2009)
  • Head of Performance Chemicals (January 2003-May 2005)
  • Joined Lonza in 1996 as assistant production manager at Visp and became production manager nicotinates in 1998. From July-September 1999 he worked as assistant production manager in Lonza Guangzhou Ltd., Guangzhou, PR China. In November 1999 he became site manager of Lonza's Bayport, TX, facilities.





Lukas Utiger (1963) Holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Imperial College, London
  • COO Bioscience division (since June 2010)
  • Member of the Management Committee (since August 2001)
  • COO Life Science Ingredients division (August 2006-June 2010)
  • Head of the Exclusive Synthesis business sector (August 2001-August 2006)
  • Head of Research and Development for Exclusive Synthesis (October 2000-July 2001)
  • Joined Lonza as R&D chemist in 1992 and became R&D group leader for fine chemicals in 1998
  • Acquired his business experience at ICI Chemicals & Polymers Division in Runcorn (1988-1992)


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