Barbara Kux

Barbara Kux is currently the Vice Chairman at Firmenich International SA. She is also the Director of Corporate Governance at INSEAD since 2014 and the Director at The LiveKindly Co., Inc. since 2021.
Additionally, she serves as an Independent Member of the Supervisory Board at Henkel AG & Co. KGaA since 2013.
Ms. Kux has held various former positions including Vice Chairman at Firmenich SA, Independent Non-Executive Director at Umicore SA, Independent Director at TotalEnergies SE, Non-Executive Director at Pargesa Holding SA, and Director at Grosvenor International Fund Management Ltd. She was also the Executive Director of Ford Motor Co. (Austria) GmbH from 1999 to 2003, Independent Director at ENGIE SA from 2015 to 2019, and Chief Procurement Officer at Koninklijke Philips NV from 2003 to 2008.
Furthermore, Ms. Kux served as the VP of Central & Eastern Europe at Nestlé SA from 1989 to 1999, Chief Sustainability Officer at Siemens AG from 2009 to 2013, and Marketing Manager at Nestlé Deutschland AG from 1978 to 2011.
She was also the Vice President of Eastern Europe at ABB Schweiz AG in 1993, President of Nestlé Polska SA from 1993 to 1999, and Senior Vice President of Finance at BBC Brown Boveri Ltd. Ms. Kux holds a Master's in Business Administration from INSEAD, which she obtained in 1984.