Barthold Piening is on the board of BIOCEUTICALS Arzneimittel AG and Glochem Industries Pvt Ltd. and Senior Vice President & Head-Global Operations at QIAGEN NV.

In the past Dr. Piening held the position of Head-Department Production at Promonta GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Luye Pharma AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Acino AG, Chief Operating Officer for Acino Pharma AG, Vice President-Operations at ALTANA Pharma AG, Executive Vice President-Operations for Takeda A, Executive Vice President & Operations Director at Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH, Chief Operations Officer for Acino International AG, Chief Technical Officer at STADA Arzneimittel AG, Vice President-Operations of ALTANA AG and General Manager at Nycomed GmbH.

He received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from the University of Kiel, an MBA from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management, an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and an MBA from Northwestern University.