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Head of Creavis and of Incubation Cluster Defossilation 

Steffen is an internationally accomplished corporate executive with a passion for people, business and science. He has in-depth first-hand experience in general business management, product management, marketing, applied technology as well as R&D. He is particularly passionate about fostering a climate-neutral and circular chemical industry.

Head of Incubation Cluster Life Sciences

Christian is a passionate driver of intentional growth and innovation in the life science industry with more than 10 years of business experience in this field. He has a successful track record of business development, product development, marketing and is experienced in leading cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams.

Head of Incubation Cluster Solutions Beyond Chemistry

Philipp had a passion for the development of business opportunities based on new applications, products or digital business models. He has a broad experience in marketing, applied technology and research with a focus on specialty additives.​

Head of Foresight

Björn is one of Germany’s leading foresight experts. He is the founder of the Conjectural Futures Network, a member of the Future Circle of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and he teaches futures research at various universities. With his team he is working on the identification of new innovation field as well as future strategic challenges for Evonik.

Head of Networks

Christoph is the go-to person at Evonik, when it comes to Open Innovation. Throughout his corporate career, he successfully cooperated with external life-science partners, licensed-in essential technologies and pushed M&A or VC projects. With his Networks team, he presents at Universities, engages in innovation associations and pushes ideation & entrepreneurship formats