Tom has held various management positions in the Bayer Group for over 12 years, from organizational consultant and administrative manager to head of international mobility. He currently heads a team of Global Process Owners and HR Consultants responsible for governance, design and implementation of Group-wide Total Rewards processes. His personal passion is digitization in conjunction with New Work Mindset. Accordingly, he is also responsible for the implementation of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Digital Enabling for HR. His programming skills allow him a simple technological and structured approach and a positive attitude towards hypes. Tom is a hopeless optimist and is convinced that only projects that solve a problem of the parties involved will be successful in the long run. "Sell the problem you solve and not the solution!"

Business Services serves as Bayer’s global in-house competence center for integrated business solutions and business support processes. Its portfolio comprises the development, implementation and management of IT-based solutions and end-to-end processes as well as in-house management consulting. Business Services devises innovative solutions with a clear user focus and helps shape organizational, technological and operational changes within the Group. As an integral part of the Group, Business Services supports Bayer along the entire value chain through a network that spans the whole organization. Active in over 80 countries, Business Services has a global presence. Its headquarters are located in Leverkusen, Germany.