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Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and Deputy Prime Minister

Mona Neubaur, born in Pöttmes in 1977, came to North Rhine-Westphalia from Bavaria in 1997 and quickly made herself at home in the Rhineland. After graduating with a degree in education in 2003, she first worked in the energy industry and then at the Heinrich Böll Foundation NRW, including four years as Managing Director.

From 2014 to 2022, she was state chairwoman of the Greens in North Rhine-Westphalia. In December 2021, Mona Neubaur was elected top candidate for the 2022 state elections. She has been a member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament since May 15, 2022. On June 29, 2022, she was sworn in as Minister for Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy. At the same time, she was appointed by Minister President Hendrik Wüst as his deputy.

Managing Director Molecular Catalysis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion

Walter Leitner is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion in Mülheim/Ruhr and Professor of Technical Chemistry and Petrochemistry at RWTH Aachen University. He is one of the initiators of the Catalysis Center CAT, a joint research facility of RWTH Aachen University and Covestro.

His research interests include catalysis, from its molecular foundations to reaction engineering concepts, in the context of "green chemistry". The main focus of his scientific work is the development of novel catalysts and processes for the storage and use of renewable energy in the form of chemical energy carriers and products. His team's basic research aims to use the "decarbonization" of energy generation to "defossilize" the chemical value chain.

Walter Leitner is the author and co-author of more than 400 scientific publications. He is co-speaker of the Cluster of Excellence "The Fuel Science Center" at RWTH Aachen University and of the BMBF-funded Kopernikus project "Power-to-X". Together with Dr. Christoph Gürtler, Covestro AG, he was among the three finalists for the European Inventor Award (2021) and the Deutscher Zukunftspreis (2019) for his research on the use of CO₂ as a raw material.

Chief Technology Officer and Labor Director Covestro AG

Dr. Thorsten Dreier has been a member of Covestro's Board of Management as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) since July 2023 and the company's Labor Director since September 2023. As the company's Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible for the central functions Process Technology, Engineering, Group Health, Safety & Environment (Group HSE) and Group Procurement. He also coordinates the introduction of and compliance with global processes, standards and initiatives in Covestro's production network.

Born in Münster in 1972, he studied chemistry and received his doctorate from the University of Münster in 2001. He began his career in 2002 as a laboratory manager in the Bayer Group and subsequently held various management positions at Bayer, Bayer MaterialScience and Bayer Technology Services. With the spin-off of Covestro, Dreier became Global Head of Production & Technology in the Coatings, Adhesives & Specialties business unit and later Global Head of the Specialty Films and Thermoplastic Polyurethanes businesses. Prior to his role on the Board of Management, he was Head of the Coatings & Adhesives business unit.