People: Wacker Chemie AG (WCHG.DE)

Mr. Auguste Willems has been Member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG since January 1, 2006. From 1986, Mr. Willems held marketing and sales positions at HENKEL BENELUX. In 1994, he became Vice President of Industry at HENKEL BENEFRANCE. In 1995, he became President of HENKEL INDONESIA in Jakarta. In 1999, Mr. Willems became Vice President of Organic Specialties at HENKEL NORTH AMERICA and Member of Executive Committee at Cognis Corp. In 2002, he became Group Vice President of Functional Products and a member of Corporate Executive Committee at COGNIS. Currently, he serves as Member of the Bavarian State Branch Advisory Committee at TUeV Sued AG. Mr. Willems studied Natural Sciences, Economics and Engineering, and gained a Master of Bioscience from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven degree. He is responsible for WACKER POLYMERS, WACKER BIOSOLUTIONS, Corporate Engineering, Sales & Distribution, Corporate Security, Site Management, Environment, Health, Safety, Product Stewardship, as well as the regions Europe and Middle East at the Company.