Lauren Kjeldsen

Chief Operating Officer Custom Solutions

Born 20 October 1973 in Massachusetts, USA

 

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1991-1995
Studied Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton PA (USA)
1997-2000
Studied Business Administration, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA (USA)

1995-1998Application Engineer, Microelectronik Materials & Marketing, Mallinckrodt Baker, Phillipsburg (USA)
1998-2001Business Manager, Microelectronik Materials & Marketing, Mallinckrodt Baker, Phillipsburg (USA)
2001-2002Manager, Market Planning & Development, Loral Skynet, Bedminster (USA)
2002-2004
Account Manager, Catalysts and Initiators, Degussa Corporation, Parsippany (USA)
2004-2006    Marketing & Sales Manager, Degussa Homogeneous Catalysts, Degussa AG, Hanau (Germany)
2006-2008
Global Marketing & Sales Manager, Personal Care, Evonik Goldschmidt GmbH, Essen (Germany)
2008-2011  Business Director, Personal Care North America, Evonik Goldschmidt Corporation, Hopewell (USA)
2011-2014 Business Director, Personal Care Asia, Evonik Specialty Chemicals Co., Ltd., Shanghai (China)
2015-2019
Senior Vice President & General Manager Business Line Comfort & Insulation, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Essen (Germany)  
2019-2020
Managing Director, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Essen (Germany) 
2020-2022   Member of the Executive Board Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (Germany), President Specialty Additives Division
2022-2025
Member of the Management Board Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (Germany), President Smart
Materials Division
Since April 1, 2025Member of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG, Essen (Germany) and Member of
the Executive Board of Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (Germany) 

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b)Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Basel, Switzerland

 

a) Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
b) Membership of comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises pursuant to Section 125 Paragraph 1 Sentence 5 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

 

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