Werner Breuers, Board Member of Lanxess AG and up to now responsible for the segments Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates, will leave the company at his own request after his contract ends on May 31, 2015, in order to pursue new challenges. Mr. Breuers will leave the Board of Management with immediate effect. He will, however, remain in an advisory role to Lanxess for a transitional period.The Supervisory Board has with immediate effect handed over the responsibility for the segments Performance Polymers and Advanced Intermediates to Matthias Zachert, Chairman of the Board of Management of teh company, on a temporary basis. The company intends to fill the vacated position in the Board of Management in the next twelve months.
