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David joined Covestro in 2004 when it was the chemical arm of Bayer. He is presently the Senior Vice President of the Polycarbonates business unit leading a broad portfolio of ventures and entrepreneurial activities from new mobility and energy storage to business model innovation, where Covestro projects significant growth.

During his career at Covestro David has spent time as futurist on the strategy team, run M&A projects and driven supply chain build-up in the Indian sub-continent. He also spent one and a half years on sabbatical, publishing “Complexity is Free”, a novel on the future of 3D-printing, and working on his start-up focusing on 3D-printed wearable devices.