Evonik appoints new COO

At its meeting on June 25, 2015, the Supervisory Board of Evonik Industries AG resolved to end term of office of Patrik Wohlhauser as a member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Wohlhauser will leave the company on June 30, 2015. At the same time, Dr. Ralph Sven Kaufmann was appointed to the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG as the company's new COO. He will take up his post on July 1, 2015. 

 

Patrik Wohlhauser has been a member of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG since April 1, 2011 and took on responsibility for the chemical operations as Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2014. 

 

Dr. Ralph Sven Kaufmann 

 

Dr. Ralph Sven Kaufmann has been a managing partner of SCOPEIN Management Consultants in Düsseldorf (Germany) since 2001. In this period he has advised many companies in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, including Evonik, on optimizing their operational efficiency and business portfolio. Dr. Kaufmann trained in banking and studied economics and business administration at the universities of Cologne and New York. He obtained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1995. He started his career in Corporate Controlling at Henkel KGaA and subsequently worked as a project manager at the strategic management consultancy Droege & Comp. GmbH.  Dr. Kaufmann is married and has three children.