Daniel Witthaut

Executive Director: Innovation

Dr. Daniel Witthaut joined Cefic in September 2021 as a secondee from Evonik and assumed the role as Executive Director Innovation.

Daniel has 20 years of professional experience with Evonik incl. several Leadership functions in the area of  Innovation, New Business Development, Controlling and Strategy. Most recently he was Head of Portfolio and Processes at Evonik´s  Research, Development and Innovation Function and thereby responsible for strategic topics of the groups Innovation activities. He has worked in different areas of the chemical industry and has lived in the USA, Singapore and China.

As a global citizen he has a passion for international cooperation and for innovations with a positive impact on the world and people´s life.  Daniel is a member (Vice President) of the Board of the European Industrial Research Association (EIRMA), a member of the Board of the Association of Chemistry and Business (VCW) as part of the German Chemists Association, GDCh and a Visiting Professor on Strategic Innovation Management at the Technical University of Munich Business School of Management.

Daniel holds a PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Münster (Germany) and a Master of Business Administration of the University of Chicago.

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