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Bayer MaterialScience Names Frank Lutz CFO - Quick Facts

Bayer MaterialScience, a Bayer Group (BYR.L,BAYRY.PK,BAYZF.PK) company, said that it has appointed Frank Lutz (45) as its Chief Financial Officer, effective October 1, 2014. He succeeds Axel Steiger-Bagel, who takes over on November 1 as Senior Bayer Representative for the Benelux countries, based in Diegem, near Brussels.

Lutz will be a member of the Board of Management of Bayer MaterialScience and that subgroup's Executive Committee. He will be responsible for all finance-related matters of MaterialScience, which it is planned to float on the stock market as a separate company in 12 to 18 months' time. His responsibilities on the Executive Committee will also include administration and services along with the Europe, Africa and Middle East regions or EMEA / EEMEA.

Lutz began his career in 1995 at Goldman Sachs. After a period working for Deutsche Bank, he was appointed Senior Vice President for Finance at MAN. Three years later he became Chief Financial Officer of MAN SE, Munich, Germany. On May 1, 2013, Lutz was appointed to the Coordination Council of the Aldi Süd group of companies, where as CFO he bore responsibility for the retailer's finances.

Axel Steiger-Bagel joined Bayer AG's legal department in 1999, having served for two years in Germany and the United States with a well-known law firm. At the beginning of 2002, Steiger-Bagel transferred to the Corporate Center to work as an assistant to the Board of Management. Then in 2006 he was appointed Managing Director, Senior Bayer Representative and Bayer HealthCare Senior Country Representative in Turkey. Since March 2007, Steiger-Bagel has been a member of the Board of Management of Bayer MaterialScience AG with responsibility for administration and services ss well as the Europe, Africa and Middle East regions or EMEA / EEMEA.

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