Currently, Simone Bagel-Trah occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Henkel Management AG (a subsidiary of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA), Director & Founding Partner at Antiinfectives Intelligence GmbH and Director & Partner at Gesellschaft für klinisch-mikrobiologische Forschung. She is also Member of Rotary Düsseldorf and Vice President at Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft eV and on the board of 10 other companies. She received an undergraduate degree and a doctorate from the University of Bonn.