Bayer Begins Search for New Chief Executive Officer

  • German firm aims to name successor for Baumann by April AGM
  • Internal and external search may indicate early CEO departure

Werner Baumann

Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg
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Bayer AG has quietly started the search for a successor to Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann, raising the prospect of an early departure, according to people familiar with the matter.