Christoph Gürtler

Dr. Christoph Gürtler studied chemistry in Bonn and Berlin and was a postdoc at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. He began his industrial career in 1997 at Bayer AG in Central Research. In 1999, Gürtler moved to the coatings raw materials and special areas business unit, where he held various positions in research and development. From 2007 to 2015 he was head of the department for catalysis and sustainable chemistry in polyurethane process research, with a focus on cooperation with external R&D partners. From 2015 to 2017 he further expanded this group for technology development within the area of polyurethane innovation. From 2017 to 2021, as Vice President, he headed a department for product and process development within the innovation department of Covestro Deutschland AG. Since 2021 he is Head of Global Industry Academia Cooperations in the Group Innovation department at Covestro.

He has been a member of Covestro Deutschland AG's (former Bayer MaterialScience AG) Managerial Employees’ Committee (Sprecherausschuss) since 2006 and chair since April 2022.

Gürtler is a member of several scientific advisory boards and organizations, e.g. at Dechema and a member of the executive board of the VAA Chemistry Managers.