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Dr. Volker Spitzer has an educational background in chemistry, pharmaceutical science and food chemistry, and holds a doctoral degree in Food Chemistry from the University of Bonn, Germany. He started his career 1993 as a university professor in the field of pharmaceutical chemistry focussing on Brazilian medicinal plants. 1999 he joined Hoffmann-La Roche in Basel having several roles with increasing responsibility within R&D working on vitamins, carotenoids and other natural functional ingredients such as resveratrol and tea polyphenols. From 2004 to 2007 he applied his knowledge and experience leading Scientific Affairs at DSM Nutritional Products. In 2007, Volker joined Bayer Consumer Health in Basel where he had different global roles in medical marketing and R&D. For many years he was leading Bayer´s Global Open Innovation team encompassing all iconic Bayer brands and supporting important licensing and M&A activities. In his latest role at Bayer he was responsible for R&D in the Nutritionals category driving innovation for brands such as Berocca, Supradyn, Redoxon and Elevit. In April 2016 he joined analyze & realize GmbH as VP of Consulting and Strategic Innovation and since September he became managing director of the company.