LANXESS has appointed Michael Pontzen as its new chief financial officer, effective from 1 April. Pontzen, currently head of LANXESS' corporate controlling, succeeds Bernhard Duttmann, who will leave the company on 31 March. In the meeting held on March 20, 2015, the Supervisory Board resolved to propose Lawrence A. Rosen, member of the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG, and Dr. Matthias Wolfgruber, Chairman of the Management Board of Altana AG, to the Annual Stockholders Meeting on May 13, 2015, for election as members of the Supervisory Board.

Supervisory Board members Rainer Laufs and Robert J. Koehler will both be leaving the body upon expiration of their current terms of office.