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Executive Committee

The Board of Directors has established an Executive Committee which has a purely advisory role, but is not authorized to take any formal decision.

It is composed of senior managers of our main Group entities, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Parent and two independent members.

The Executive Committee's principal functions are to review the Group's operations, financial position and annual budget, to assist the Board of Managers in the strategic development of our Group and to issue recommendations to the Board of Directors on a variety of topics. Executive Committee meetings are held on a bi-monthly basis.

Executive Committee Members of OXEA Group

Dr. Reinhard Gradl

Dr. Gradl has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since March 2007. At the same time, he has been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Parent and of the Supervisory Boards of Oxea GmbH and Oxea Holding GmbH as well as in various other positions in companies of our group. In addition, he acts as Director of Opus S.à r.l. as well as being a member of the Supervisory Board of H.C. Starck. Before taking on the current positions in our group, Dr. Gradl was a member of the management board of Celanese where he was responsible for the Celanese group’s Oxo products business.He holds an M.S. in chemistry and a Ph.D. from the Technical University of Munich.

Len Berlik

Mr. Berlik joined the Executive Committee in 2007. He is a member of the Board of Kolb AG, of the Audit Committee of Arizona Chemical and the Advisory Board of Celerant Consulting. Furthermore, Mr. Berlik serves as a Chairman of the Advisory Board Nizo Food Research and has over 40 years of experience in the chemicals industry, including through his activities as CEO of Uniqema and Executive Vice President of Imperial Chemical Industries between 2000 and 2007. He holds a B.Sc. from the University of Tennessee as well as an MBA from Xavier University.

Dr. Hans Seidl

Dr. Seidl joined the Executive Committee in 2007. Dr. Seidl has more than 41 years of experience in the chemicals industry. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Oxea Corporation and also serves as member of the Supervisory Board of Oxea Holding GmbH and Oxea GmbH and is an Operating Partner of Advent International. Since 2000, he has acted as Chairman to the Supervisory Board of Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG. Prior to these activities he was President of the Bavarian Chemicals Industry Association and a Board Member of HT Troplast from 2004 to 2007, as well as Casa Reha from 2005 to 2008. He holds a degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. in natural sciences from the University of Munich.

Dr. Martina Flöel

Dr. Flöel has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Parent since March 2007. In addition, she serves as Managing Director of a number of our group entities and is a member of the Board of Directors of Oxea Corporation. Since 2007, she has assumed the function as Speaker of the Management Team of our group. Dr. Flöel started her career in the chemicals industry in 1988 with Hoechst. For this company and later on for Celanese she served for several management positions, inter alia as Vice President of the Oxo chemicals business at Celanese for four years and as Managing Director of European Oxo GmbH, a joint venture of Celanese and Degussa. Dr. Flöel holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Technical University of Munich.

Miguel Mantas

Mr. Mantas is a member of the Executive Committee of the Parent since March 2007 and serves as Managing Director of a number of our German group entities. He started his career in the chemicals industry in 1986 serving in commercial and general management positions with Hoechst and Celanese in Europe, Asia and the Americas. He holds a diploma in Business Administration from the University of Cologne.

Bernhard Spetsmann

Mr. Spetsmann became a member of the Executive Committee of our Parent in 2010 and serves as Managing Director of a number of group entities. From 2005 until 2010 he served as CFO for Autobahn Tank & Rast Holding GmbH. From 2003 until 2004 he worked as a business consultant for Private Equity Companies. From 1997 until 2003 Mr. Spetsmann occupied several senior positions within Schmalbach-Lubeca AG including CFO for White Cap Europe/Asia, Head of M&A and Head of Internal Audit and prior to that held various positions at Arthur Andersen. Mr. Spetsmann has passed the exams as tax advisor and chartered accountant and holds a diploma in business administration of the University of Muenster.