Oliver Rittgen
Chief Financial Officer, Crop Science
As of February 1, 2024, Oliver Rittgen serves as Chief Financial Officer for the Crop Science Division of Bayer and a member of the Crop Science Executive Leadership Team. He will report to Rodrigo Santos and will be a member of the Crop Science Executive Leadership Team. In his new role, he will also continue to be a member of the Global Finance Leadership Team of Wolfgang Nickl, Board Member responsible for Finance.
Rittgen is a German national, with a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Cologne, Germany. He started his career at Mannesmann AG in 1999. He joined Bayer in 2000 as an auditor and became Chief Financial Officer of North ASEAN in 2003. From there, he returned to the headquarters in Leverkusen to take on global responsibility as Head of Auditing for Bayer Material Science (today Covestro). In 2011, he moved to the Nordics as the Senior Bayer Representative and Chief Financial Officer for the region. He moved back to Leverkusen in 2017 to take over Corporate Finance before joining Bayer Consumer Health on January 1, 2020.
Rittgen is married with two children. He is based in Monheim, Germany.
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