Richard Pott is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies and presently is Chairman-Supervisory Board at Covestro AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board at Covestro Deutschland AG (a subsidiary of Covestro AG), Chairman-Supervisory Board of Bayer Chemicals AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Currenta Geschäftsführungs GmbH and Chairman-Supervisory Board for Bayer HealthCare AG. Dr. Pott is also Chairman-University Council at Universität zu Köln and on the board of 6 other companies.
In his past career Dr. Pott held the position of Head-Human Resources & Member-Management Board at Bayer AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board for Bayer Pharma AG (a subsidiary of Bayer AG).
He received a doctorate from Universität zu Köln.