Bayer : Curricula vitae of Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin, Chicago, USA

Born on May 12, 1957, in Chicago, USA

US citizen

Independent Consultant

1979	BA Criminal Justice and Political Science, University of Illinois, USA
1982	Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Georgia School of Law, USA
1994 - 1997	United States Department of State, White House Liaison, Special Advisor to Secretary
	for 2016 Olympics, USA
1997 - 2002	Albertsons LLC, Senior Vice President, USA
	Jewel Food Stores, Vice President Government and Community Affairs, USA
2003 - 2006	Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest), Executive Vice President &
	Chief Operating Officer, USA
2006 - 2009	The Polk Street Group LLC, Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, USA
2009 - 2012	United States Department of State, US Ambassador and permanent representative to
	the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies, Italy
2012 - 2017	United Nations World Food Program, Executive Director, Italy
2017 - 2019	Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Food
	Security and Environment, Payne Distinguished Fellow, USA
since 2019	Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Food
	Security and Environment Visiting Scholar, USA
	The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Distinguished Fellow, USA
	Food Systems for the Future, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, USA
since 2020	Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive Director), Allwyn North America, Inc.
	(formerly Camelot North America), USA
since 2021	Robert Bosch Academy, Robert Von Weizsäcker Fellow, Germany
since 2022	Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive Director), Mondelēz International,
	Inc., USA

Membership on statutory supervisory boards:

• Bayer Aktiengesellschaft (since 2019, listed company)
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Memberships in comparable supervising bodies of German or foreign corporations:

• Allwyn North America, Inc. (formerly Camelot North America, non-executive member of the Board of Directors)
• Mondelēz International, Inc. (non-executive member of the Board of Directors, listed company)

Membership in committees of the Supervisory Board of Bayer Aktiengesellschaft:

• ESG Committee (Chairwoman)
• Innovation Committee

Ertharin Cousin does not perform other significant activities.

In addition to her international business experience, Ertharin Cousin supports the work of the Supervisory Board in particular through the expertise and experience she possesses in the fields of agriculture and food, human resources, governance and compliance, as well as sustainability and climate protection. Her expertise and experience are based on knowledge gained in part through her previous work as US Ambassador, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program and her academic work at the Center on Food Security and Environment at Stanford University as well as member of supervising bodies in other companies.

The Supervisory Board has satisfied itself that Ertharin Cousin is able to meet the expected time commitments for performing her Supervisory Board duties, taking into account her seats on other boards. Ertharin Cousin attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board and all meetings of the committees of the Supervisory Board of which she is a member in fiscal 2023.

The Supervisory Board regards Ertharin Cousin as independent. Beyond the membership of Ertharin Cousin on the Company's Supervisory Board, the Supervisory Board does not consider there to be any personal or business relationships between Ertharin Cousin on the one hand and the companies of the Bayer Group, the governance bodies of Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, or any stockholder that directly or indirectly holds more than 10 percent of the voting shares of Bayer Aktiengesellschaft on the other, that are of material significance to the decision of the Stockholders' Meeting regarding her election.

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