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WVU Grad Greg Babe to Head Bayer Corporation

Greg Babe, a 1980 WVU grad with a degree in mechanical engineering, will become president and CEO of Bayer Corporation, the company announced recently.

Greg Babe, a 1980 graduate of West Virginia University with a degree in mechanical engineering, will become president and CEO of Bayer Corporation and Bayer's senior representative in North America, the company announced recently. Babe will succeed Dr. Attila Molnar, who will retire from the company after 30 years of service on October 1, 2008.

Babe is a native of West Virginia who lives in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., with his wife, Carla, and their four children. He is a member of the WVU College of Engineering and Mineral Resources Advisory Committee and also a member of the Distinguished Alumni Academy of the WVU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.

Bayer Corporation is the U.S. subsidiary of the Bayer Group of Germany, a EUR 32 billion global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, nutrition and high-tech materials.

Babe will remain president and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience, one of the leading producers of polymers and high-performance plastics in North America and a part of the global Bayer MaterialScience business. Prior to this position, which he has held since 2004, Babe was president and CEO of Bayer Corporate and Business Services, where he was responsible for providing expertise and support in engineering, information systems, procurement, materials management, human resources, financial, accounting and other business services to Bayer Corporation and its affiliates.

Since joining Bayer in 1978, Babe has held several management positions of increasing responsibility. He was named senior vice president of information services in 1999 before being named president and CEO of Bayer Corporate and Business Services LLC in 2003.

Babe serves on the Boards of Directors for Bayer MaterialScience, Deerfield Urethane and Sheffield Plastics. In addition, he is the chair of the Bayer Political Action Committee. For five years he served as the executive sponsor of the Bayer Diversity Advisory Council.

Babe also is serving his second term as chairman of the American Chemistry Council's Plastics Division Operating Committee. In Pittsburgh, he is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Technology Council and a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors at Duquesne University serving as vice chair of audit and finance.

Babe will remain in Pittsburgh, which is Bayer's North American regional headquarters and Bayer MaterialScience NAFTA headquarters.

For more information about Bayer, visit www.bayerus.com.

CONTACT: Susan Case, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, WVU, 304-293-4821 ext. 2213, susan.case@mail.wvu.edu.

08/06/2008