Dr. Christian Kling

Position ANDRITZ as the full solution player in alternative proteins supporting customers in lab, scaling to industrial scale and during process life: Execution of the developed and approved strategy with P&L responsibility. Build up the team, drive R&D and test center activities.

Develop business case and setting strategy to position ANDRITZ in the alternative protein market. Focus on dry / wet separation and rendering for food and feed market. Executive board approval and financing achieved to set up new product home.

Driving strategy and got to market in the protein space. Besides CanolaPRO™ as first cornerstone, further growth by identification and integration of additional proteins and relevant technologies via alliances, partnerships, venturing and M&A. Goal to build a position for DSM in the protein space

Driving a company wide aligned approach to emerging opportunities in the protein space: - anchoring company wide aligned understanding and evaluation of the protein space - driving the DSM Protein strategy for the executive committee - supporting protein and related ingredient activities to leverage opportunity in proteins - Value adding solutions for customers and DSM

- Business insights manager Reverdia, a joint venture between Royal DSM and Roquette - Driving business and competitive insights, advisor and challenger of the CEO - Supporting sales force in new markets with guidance

NBD Manager for DSM’s CanolaPro™, a novel protein based on rapeseed. Define target segments and segment specific value preposition/USP, identify and approach target customers product combination, set up development process, select best practise applications/customers for market introduction, coordinate speed to market. Launch of the first consumer product containing CanolaPro™

Analyst at DSM Innovation Centre working on: - Proteins: CanolaPRO™ project, rice protein hydrolysates, proteins for feed application - Biofuels and Biochemicals - 2nd generation feedstocks - Biogas

Consultant at Schlegel and Partners in the department Technical Consumables and Services. Focus on market understanding and derived strategy in the chemical industry, food technology, membrane technology, water treatment and technical textiles. Working as project leader of multinational and multidisciplinary teams; work included project acquisition and design, research, presentation of results and implementation.

Scientific researcher with Prof. Stalke; supervision of practical and theoretical lab work of students; development of a multi-media lecture including video material for an experimental lecture of first year students

Global Executive MBA (OneMBA) at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (grade 3.5)

Doctors degree / PhD (“magna cum laude“): “Janus-head ligands in heterobimetallic complexes“.

Diploma studies (“very good“) in chemistry at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen