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Georg Wagner

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Executive VP Global HSE & Reliability at Covestro
📍 Antwerp Metropolitan Area, Belgium

Georg Wagner is the Executive VP of Global HSE & Reliability at Covestro, leveraging a long career that includes roles as CEO for Covestro in Belgium and Director at Bayer. He holds a PhD from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is a leader in driving large-scale production investments and corporate sustainability initiatives.

Outside of his direct responsibilities, Georg shows a strong passion for innovation within his field. He is enthusiastic about groundbreaking technological advancements in process safety, actively following and sponsoring pioneering work that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance industrial safety protocols.

He is a proud sponsor of groundbreaking academic work on AI-augmented HAZOP (Hazard and Operability) studies.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Executive VP Global HSE & Reliability
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Antwerp Metropolitan Area, Belgium
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Climate-Neutral Production
He consistently emphasizes Covestro's goal of climate-neutral production by 2035 and has overseen major agreements to increase the use of renewable energy at production sites.
AI in Process Safety
Expressed great interest in a presentation on "AI-augmented HAZOP studies," calling the work groundbreaking and noting that Covestro sponsored the research.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Executive VP Global HSE & Reliability
Covestro
10-2019 - 1-2025
Chief Executive Officer
Covestro NV (Belgium)
1-2015 - 9-2019
VP of HSEQ, NRW production network
Covestro
2-2011 - 12-2014
Director Strategy Consultant, Corporate Development
Bayer
1-2010 - 1-2011
Director Production and Technology, Performance Products
Bayer
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Education
11-1994 - 5-1999
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10-1989 - 10-1994
Master of Science - MS
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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