Juliane Wiemerslage, who holds a PhD in law, has assumed global responsibility for the Human Resources organization at Henkel effective February 1, 2008.  Wiemerslage has nearly 20 years of national and international Human Resources management experience. “We are pleased to have found in Juliane Wiemerslage an excellent manager with many years of international management experience,” says Kasper Rorsted, Vice Chairman of the Henkel Management Board.

Prior to joining Henkel, Wiemerslage was Managing Director Human Resources at Deutsche Bank AG. After completing her PhD studies in law, she started her professional career at IBM Deutschland GmbH, where she was appointed member of the Board and Director Human Resources in 1999. In her new role as Corporate Senior Vice President Human Resources at Henkel, Juliane Wiemerslage succeeds Dirk-Stephan Koedijk, who has been responsible for Corporate Compliance since December 1, 2007.