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Members of the Management Committee

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)





Jeanne Thoma (1959) Holds a Bachelor of Science from Montclair State University and a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Fairleigh Dickinson University

  • Member of the Management Committee (since October 2011)
  • COO Microbial Control division (since October 2011)
  • Head of the Microbial Control business unit (June 2007 – October 2011)
  • Member of the Management Committee (August 2005 – June 2007)
  • Joined Lonza as Head of Global Human Resources (December 2004)
  • Held various positions with BASF Corporation (1990 – August 2004) in Sales, Marketing and Logistics.
  • Worked as a Sales and Marketing Consultant to Fortune 500 companies (1985 – 1989)





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)





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)





Harry Boot (1967) Holds a masters degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Delft, Holland

  • Member of the Management Committee and COO Life Science Ingredients division (since March 2011)
  • Chief Commercial Officer of Bluestar / Blackstone, Beijing (2009 – February 2011)
  • Worked as Chief Commercial Officer Europe, Middle East & Africa at GE Consumer & Industrial (C&I), Budapest (2007 – 2009)
  • Held various positions at GE Plastics (GEP) in Shanghai, Stockholm and Bergen op Zoom: Polymers Director Pacific and GE Industrial Growth Leader Pacific (2006 – 2007), Marketing Director Pacific (2005 – 2007), Marketing Director Europe ( 2002 – 2005), European Commercial Director (2000 – 2002), Global & Pan European Sales Leader (1998 – 2000)




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