Matthias L. Wolfgruber is a businessperson who has been at the head of 11 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for BYK USA, Inc., Chairman-Supervisory Board for Lanxess AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for LANXESS Deutschland GmbH (a subsidiary of Lanxess AG), Chairman-Supervisory Board at ALTANA AG and Chairman of ARDEX GmbH.

He is also on the board of Cabot Corp. and Grillo-Werke AG and Director-Management Board at S.A. (300) Ltd.

Dr. Wolfgruber previously held the position of Vice President-Operations at Wacker Silicones Corp., Non-Executive Chairman at ELANTAS Beck India Ltd., Chairman-Supervisory Board of BYK-Chemie GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Elantas PDG, Inc., Chairman-Supervisory Board of Eckart GmbH, President & Chief Executive Officer at ALTANA Chemie AG, President & Chief Executive Officer of Wacker Chemical Corp., Head-Global Business at Wacker-Chemie GmbH and Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Wolfgruber received a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from INSEAD.