Harald Schwager is a businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies.

He is Chairman-Supervisory Board at Evonik Operations GmbH, Chairman of Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Evonik Performance Materials GmbH and Chairman at Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH. Dr. Schwager is also on the board of Currenta Geschäftsführungs GmbH, DEKRA eV, South Stream Transport BV and KSB Management SE and Vice Chairman-Management Board of Evonik Industries AG.

Dr. Schwager previously was Member-Management Board at BASF SE Chairman-Supervisory Board at BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, Chairman-Administrative Council at BASF Antwerpen NV and Head-Business Unit at BASF Belgium SA (which are all subsidiaries of BASF SE), Chairman-Supervisory Board of Wintershall Holding GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Wintershall AG and Managing Director at Solvin GmbH & Co. KG.

Dr. Schwager received an undergraduate degree from the University of Karlsruhe and a doctorate from Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung.