Gunnar Weider studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt and started in 1995 in the IT department of Evonik’s predecessor company Röhm GmbH & Co. KG. After holding various positions in business and IT service, he moved to the Group initiative to build Evonik’s global SAP platform in 2013. In 2015, Gunnar Weider established the Process and IT Management of the Nutrition & Care segment of Evonik Industries AG. Since April 2019, he has been in charge of IT Strategy, Processes & Architecture across the Group and since September 2023 of IT Strategy & Governance.