Bernd RECKMANN

Member of the Executive Board, CEO Life Science and Performance Materials, Merck

Bernd Reckmann, born on December 31, 1955 in Bottrop, Germany, has been a member of the Executive Board of Merck since January 2007 and is responsible for the Performance Materials and Merck Millipore divisions. Bernd Reckmann studied biochemistry from 1976 to 1984 at Leibniz University in Hannover and graduated with a doctorate. Before joining the Executive Board, as of 2005 Bernd Reckmann was responsible for the Merck businesses in South Korea. Prior to that, he was Head of Strategic Innovation as of 2004 and Head of the Life Science Products division as of 1998. From 1993 to 1998 he worked in Marketing & Sales within the Laboratory and Diagnostics business. He began his career at Merck in 1986 in the Diagnostics research unit.
External positions:
• Hessian Chapter of the German Chemical Industry Association (Landesverband der Chemischen Industrie e.V. in Hessen), Chairman
• Technology and Environment Committee of the German Chemical Industry Association (Ausschuss Technik und Umwelt beim Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.), Chairman
• Chemical Industry Fund within German Chemical Industry Association (Fonds der Chemischen Industrie innerhalb des Verbands der Chemischen Industrie e.V.), Member of the Board of Trustees
• German Association of Biotechnology Industries (Deutsche Industrievereinigung Biotechnologie, DIB), Member of the Board
•  Technical University of Darmstadt, Honorary Professor