Bayer Corporation

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• How Bayer is Changing the Way We Build Homes: Bob Kumpf

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  Now more than ever, sustainability is emerging as a leading indicator of the long-term success of companies in the United States. One of the most prominent medical science companies in the United States, Bayer Corporation, has been widely recognized as an industry leader in sustainability, efficiency, and innovation. Bob Kumpf is at the helm of these efforts, and he talks with “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris about the importance of sustainability and how it can help your company stay ahead in today’s economy.

• A Conversation With Bayer CEO Greg Babe

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  “The American Entrepreneur” Ron Morris talks with Greg Babe, the CEO of Bayer Corporation, about the many facets of the Pittsburgh-based health and science company’s operation, and how the challenge to stay on top, and ahead of the innovation curve is never-ending.

About Bayer Corporation

Bayer Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a subsidiary of Bayer AG, an international health care, nutrition and high-tech materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany. The company’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and high earning power. The Corporation is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to its role as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In North America, Bayer had 2009 net sales of approximately 7.7 billion euros (about $10.7 billion) and employed 16,300 at year end. For more information, go to www.BayerUS.com .

About Gregory S. Babe

President and Chief Executive Officer

Bayer Corporation and Bayer MaterialScience LLC

Greg Babe was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Bayer Corporation and Senior Bayer Representative for the United States and Canada in October 2008. He is responsible for the North American activities of the worldwide Bayer Group, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany.

In addition, he is the President and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience LLC – a position he has held since July 2004.

Previously, Mr. Babe served as president and CEO of Bayer Corporate and Business Services LLC (BCBS) where he was responsible for providing expertise and support in engineering, information systems, procurement, materials management, human resources, financial, accounting and other business services to Bayer Corporation and its affiliates.

Mr. Babe joined Bayer in 1976 as an intern in the Polyurethanes Group and has held several management positions of increasing responsibility, including manager of the Brunsbüttel, Germany, facility; director and general manager of Hennecke Machinery, then a unit of Bayer’s Polymers Division in Pennsylvania; vice president of corporate quality; and director of a national program to implement Bayer’s enterprise resource planning system. He was named senior vice president of information services in 1999, and in 2001, that role was expanded to include the NAFTA region. When Mr. Babe was named president and CEO of BCBS in 2003, he continued his role as chief information officer.

Mr. Babe is the chair of the Bayer Political Action Committee (BAYPAC) and the Bayer USA Foundation. For five years he served as the executive sponsor of the Bayer Diversity Advisory Council.

Mr. Babe serves on the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and as the executive chair of the ACC’s Responsible Care® Board Committee, in addition to being a member of ACC’s Chemical Management and Board Research committees. He is also on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Society of the Chemical Industry.

In Pittsburgh, he serves on the Allegheny Conference on Community Development’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and he serves on Duquesne University’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Mr. Babe is also a member of West Virginia University’s Engineering and Computer Science Education Enterprise Advisory Committee.

A native of West Virginia, Mr. Babe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University.

Mr. Babe is married, has four children and resides in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

 

 

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