New CTO at Covestro

Dr Thorsten Dreier has been appointed as the new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Covestro. He will replace the current CTO, Dr Klaus Schäfer from July 01, 2023. After taking over as CTO, Dreier will assume responsibility for the corporate functions including Process Technology, Engineering, Group Health, Safety and Environment and Group Procurement.

According to Dr Richard Pott, Chairman of the Covestro Supervisory Board, said, over the last 20 years, Dr Dreier has demonstrated his technological expertise, customer focus, market orientation and management qualities. "He is therefore the ideal successor as CTO and will continue to successfully drive our transformation heading towards a circular economy as we aspire to achieve climate neutrality," he added.