Kimberly Mathisen appointed to the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG

The Cologne Local Court (Amtsgericht Köln) has appointed Kimberly Mathisen (50) to the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG. Mathisen, who holds dual US and Norwegian citizenship, succeeds Professor Fei-Fei Li (45), who withdrew from the Board at the end of August for personal medical reasons.

"We are very happy to have Kimberly Mathisen present. She is an outstanding personality who has more than 20 years of international experience in digitalization, technology, branded consumer goods and pharmaceutical business," said Professor Norbert Winkeljohann, President of Supervisory Board of Bayer AG.

Mathisen studied industrial engineering at the University of Illinois, United States, and graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1994. She then worked for Procter & Gamble in the United States and in 2001 obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Also in 2001, she joined the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and held a variety of positions with increasing responsibility in the United Kingdom, Norway and Germany.

In 2013, she was appointed CEO of the Home & Personal Care Division of Norwegian branded consumer goods company Orkla. In 2016, Mathisen joined Microsoft Corporation as General Manager with responsibility for all of the company's businesses in Norway.

Since 2021, she has been CEO of HUB Ocean, an independent non-profit foundation that is a joint initiative of the Aker Group and the World Economic Forum with a global ocean mandate.

HUB Ocean is developing a pioneering data platform and applications and tools to pilot new approaches to ocean management. Additionally, Mathisen has been a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Aker Biomarine ASA in Norway since 2022. Kimberly Mathisen lives in Oslo, Norway.