Dr. Björn Mathes holds a PhD in Chemistry from Philipps-Universität Marburg and an MBA from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management and EADA Business School Barcelona. He started his professional career within the research and project coordination of DECHEMA e.V.. From 2014–2017, he was in charge of the B2B event format PRAXISforum. In April 2017 he assumed responsibility for the group “Conferences and Committee Support” within DECHEMA e.V. before being appointed to the Executive Board of DECHEMA Exhibitons in February 2019.