Werner Baumann is a businessperson who has been at the head of 7 different companies is on the board of Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America and Chairman-Management Board at Bayer AG and Vice President at Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV.

In the past he occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Covestro AG and Chairman of Covestro Deutschland AG (a subsidiary of Covestro AG), Chairman-Supervisory Board at Bayer Business Services GmbH, Chairman at Bayer CropScience AG, Chairman-Management Board at Bayer Pharma AG, Chairman-Management Board at Bayer HealthCare AG, Head-Global Business Planning & Administration at Bayer Corp., Labor Director at Bayer Schering Pharma AG and Controller at Bayer Hispania SL.

Werner Baumann received an undergraduate degree from RWTH Aachen University and an undergraduate degree from Universität zu Köln.