Klaus Pohle

Dr. Pohle is a professor of business administration at Berlin Institute of Technology, and also serves as a director of the Labelux Group GmbH (Switzerland). Dr. Pohle served as a director of Sanofi-Aventis from 2004 until 2015 where he was chairman of the audit committee. Dr. Pohle also served as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Coty Inc. Dr. Pohle served as President of the supervisory board (in 2008) and Vice-President of the supervisory board of Hypo Real Estate Holding AG, Munich (Germany), and as a member of the supervisory board of DWs Investment GmbH (Germany) from 2005-2009. From 2003 to 2005 Dr. Pohle served as Chairman of the German Accounting Standards Board and before that was deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Schering AG from 1981 to 2003. From 1966 to 1980, Dr. Pohle held several positions within the BASF Group. Dr. Pohle holds a doctorate in law from the University of Frankfurt, a doctorate in economics from Berlin University and a LLM from Harvard University. Dr. Pohle is a citizen of Germany.