Lawrence A. Rosen occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of QIAGEN NV and Chairman-Supervisory Board of QIAGEN GmbH and Chairman-Supervisory Board at QIAGEN Srl (both are subsidiaries of QIAGEN NV). Mr. Rosen is also on the board of Lanxess AG, Deutsche Post AG and LANXESS Deutschland GmbH. In the past he held the position of Chief Financial Officer of Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA, CFO, Head-Finance & Global Business Services at Deutsche Post AG and Chief Financial Officer at Deutsche Post DHL Research & Innovation GmbH (a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG), Head-Finance & Treasury at Hoechst AG and Treasurer & Senior Vice President at Aventis SA. Mr. Rosen received an MBA from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree from The State University of New York.