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EMD Electronics, Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and CEO Electronics
EMD Electronics
Darmstadt, Germany
Kai Beckmann. Member of the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany and CEO Electronics. EMD Electronics.
Kai Beckmann, born on September 13, 1965, in Hanau, Germany, joined the Executive Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in April 2011. He is responsible for the Electronics business sector (formerly Performance Materials), which he has been leading as CEO since September 2017. In the U.S. and Canada, the Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany operates as EMD Electronics. In October 2018, Kai Beckmann also took over the responsibility for the Darmstadt site and Inhouse Consulting. In addition, he acts as Country Speaker Germany with responsibility for co-determination matters.
Prior to his current role, Kai Beckmann was Chief Administration Officer of the company with responsibility for Group Human Resources, Group Business Technology, Group Procurement, Inhouse Consulting, Site Operations and its Business Services as well as Environment, Health, Safety, Security, Quality. In 2007, he became the company’s first CIO, with responsibility for Corporate Information Services. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Managing Director of its entities in Singapore and Malaysia, and prior to that he held senior executive responsibility for the Information Management and Consulting unit from 1999 to 2004. He began his career at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in 1989 as an IT system consultant.
Kai Beckmann studied computer science at the Technical University of Darmstadt from 1984 to 1989. In 1998, he earned a doctorate in Economics while working. He is married and has one son.
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