2010 Keynote Speaker

Greg Babe was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Bayer Corporation and Senior Bayer Representative for the United States and Canada in October 2008. He is responsible for the North American activities of the worldwide Bayer Group, an international health care, nutrition and innovative materials group based in Leverkusen, Germany.

In addition, he is the President and CEO of Bayer MaterialScience LLC – a position he has held since July 2004.

Previously, Mr. Babe served as president and CEO of Bayer Corporate and Business Services LLC (BCBS) 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.

Mr. Babe joined Bayer in 1976 as an intern in the Polyurethanes Group and has held several management positions of increasing responsibility, including manager of the Brunsbüttel, Germany, facility; director and general manager of Hennecke Machinery, then a unit of Bayer’s Polymers Division in Pennsylvania; vice president of corporate quality; and director of a national program to implement Bayer’s enterprise resource planning system. He was named senior vice president of information services in 1999, and in 2001, that role was expanded to include the NAFTA region. When Mr. Babe was named president and CEO of BCBS, he continued his role as chief information officer.

Mr. Babe is the chair of the Bayer Political Action Committee (BAYPAC). For five years he served as the executive sponsor of the Bayer Diversity Advisory Council.

Mr. Babe serves on the American Chemistry Council’s Executive Committee and Board of Directors, and he is a member of its Chemical Management and Audit, Finance and Membership Committees. He is also on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers and the Society of the Chemical Industry.

In Pittsburgh, he serves on the board of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors at Duquesne University serving as Vice Chair of Audit and Finance. Mr. Babe is also a member of West Virginia University’s Engineering and Computer Science Education Enterprise Advisory Committee.

A native of West Virginia, Mr. Babe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from West Virginia University.

Mr. Babe is married, has four children and resides in Mt. Lebanon, Pa.

Gregory S. Babe President and Chief Executive Officer Bayer Corporation and Bayer MaterialScience LLC