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Werner Wenning proposed as chairman of the supervisory board at Bayer

pharmafile | February 24, 2012 | Appointment | Business Services, Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing |ย ย Bayer, Schneider, Wenningย 

Former Bayer chief executive Werner Wenning is set to be elected to the supervisory board at Bayer with effect from October.

His planned return to Bayer would see him succeed Dr. Manfred Schneider as chairman of the supervisory board as of that date.

Schneider would remain a member of the supervisory board and its chairman until September, and then be succeeded by Wenning, who would join the supervisory board and become its chairman for the remainder of the term until 2017.

Wenning, 65, was chairman of the board of management of Bayer from April 2002 until September 2010. The statutory โ€˜cooling-off period,โ€™ after which former members of a companyโ€™s board of management may join its supervisory board, ends after two years.

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