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 works for the ZVEI as Managing Director. She is primarily responsible for political affairs in the offices in Berlin, Frankfurt, Cologne, Brussels and Beijing.

Previously, the public affairs expert worked in various functions for the FDP. As Head of Communications and Campaigns, she was most recently responsible for the party's internal and external communications as well as the campaign for the 2021 Bundestag elections. Prior to this, she was Head of the Economic Working Group of the FDP parliamentary group. She also worked as Head of Communications and Politics for the WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle. Sarah Bäumchen has worked extensively on energy and climate issues for both the FDP and the Wirtschaftsvereinigung Metalle.

Sarah Bäumchen studied History and American Studies at Brown University (M.A.), Humboldt-University in Berlin (B.A.) and Duke University.

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