Speaker profile

Sven has been Head of Interest Rate Risk Management at Bayer since 2007 and held different positions in the Finance department of the Group. He started to work at Bayer in 2003, first in Corporate Finance then in Merger & Acquisitions before he joined Treasury. Mr. Vorstius holds a Phd. from the Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, where he also received his Master of Science in Business in 2000.

Corporate profile

Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials. The company’s products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time Bayer creates value through innovation, growth and high earning power. The Group is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to its role as a socially and ethically responsible corporate citizen. Economy, ecology and social responsibility are corporate policy objectives of equal rank. In fiscal 2009, Bayer employed 108,400 people and had sales of €31.2 billion. Capital expenditures amounted to €1.7 billion, R&D expenses to €2.7 billion.