Management

Wolfgang Weber has been CEO of ZVEI e. V., based in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), since 2020. After graduating in chemistry in Frankfurt, a doctorate in Zurich and short stints at SAP and a post-doc in San Diego, he joined the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) as a consultant in 1999.

In 2006, Wolfgang Weber joined BASF in Ludwigshafen as Head of Energy and Climate Policy, Communications and Government Relations. Five years later, he transferred to Brussels as Vice President EU Government Relations of the BASF Group. From 2017 to 2019, he was Vice President Corporate Communications and Government Relations for BASF's Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.

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Sarah Bäumchen is Managing Director of ZVEI, the German Electro and Digital Industry Association, where her responsibilities span the association’s activities with a particular focus on public affairs. Her previous leadership roles have been at the intersection of politics, business, and communications. Before joining ZVEI, she led communications and campaigning for the FDP during the 2021 German federal election and worked on economic policy for the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. She studied History and American Studies at Brown University (M.A.), Humboldt University Berlin (B.A.) and Duke University.

Press photo for download: Sarah Bäumchen (Copyright: ZVEI - Laurence Chaperon)