Monika Lessl

Biography

Monika Lessl is Executive Director of the Bayer Foundation with a focus on Science and Social Innovation and Senior Vice President at Bayer AG. At Bayer she heads Corporate R&D and Social Innovation. In her role she leads strategic R&D across Bayer`s Pharma, Crop Science and Consumer health divisions and is responsible for Bayer`s global societal engagement. She is a member of Bayer’s Global R&D Executive Committee and the Global Medical and Regulatory Governance committee. Her focus is to drive innovation and societal transformation for a sustainable future. She is a Non-Executive Board member of the Marienhaus GmbH and the Futurium. She acts as a jury member for competitions of the German Ministry of Science and Education and is engaged in several boards such as the VCI. She holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, a Diploma in General Management from Ashridge Business School, London and is a former fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundat