Lanxess
Former CFO of GfK SE; Member of the board of directors and board of directors in various European commercial companies.
Ms. Knapp studied economics in Munich and Berlin. She also completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School, Boston, USA.
Ms. Knapp began her professional career in 1987 at Deutsche Bank AG. After two years in M&A consulting at Fuchs Consult GmbH, Ms. Knapp moved to the Siemens Group in 1992. After holding various management positions, she was a member of the Power Transmission and Distribution Divisional Board from 2004 with responsibility for accounting, controlling, legal, internal audit, purchasing and sales activities in Western Europe and Latin America. In 2009, Ms. Knapp joined the Management Board of GfK SE, where she was CFO until 2014, responsible for Accounting, Controlling, Treasury, Legal, Facilities, Purchasing and Human Resources.
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Lanxess
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LANXESS AG is a Germany-based company engaged in the chemicals sector. It specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives, specialty chemicals and plastics. Its business activities are divided into four segments: Specialty Additives, responsible for manufacture of additives for the rubber and paint industries, among others; Advanced Intermediates, focused on the development of intermediates for the agricultural, plastics, chemicals, consumer goods, construction, tire and automotive industries, among others; Performance Chemicals, which offers material protection products, inorganic pigments, finishing agents for the leather industry and resins for water treatment, among others, and Engineering Materials, which produces technical plastics, glass fibers, fiber composites and elastomers on a urethane basis for application in the automotive, electronics and electrical engineering industries. It operates around 60 production sites worldwide.