Benedikt Ernst

Benedikt Ernst is Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy Transformation at the Electronics business of Merck. As a member of the Electronics Executive Committee, he is responsible for the end-to-end strategic development and transformation of the business sector, encompassing market competitive intelligence, strategic roadmap, business transformation programs, and business and portfolio development. He joined Merck in 2006 and has had various management positions. Since 2018, he has been heading Strategy and Business Development for Electronics and Semiconductor. Before, he was Commercial Director for the Semiconductor business and Head of the Packaging Business Field. Benedikt Ernst studied physics at the Technical University of Munich and at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics.