Karl Ludwig Kley

Karl-Ludwig Kley (born 11 June 1951 in Munich) is a German business executive, and the chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of the executive board of the German multinational chemical, pharmaceutical and life sciences company Merck.

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Kley worked for Bayer from 1982 to 1998, most recently as head of corporate finance and investor relations. He was chief financial officer and a member of the executive board of Lufthansa 1998–2006. In 2006 he joined Merck as a member of the executive board, and he became CEO of Merck in April 2007. In October 2015, it was announced that Kley would retire in April 2016, and be succeeded by Stefan Oschmann.

Kley studied law at LMU 1974–1979 and completed his practical training as a lawyer in Hamburg and Johannesburg from 1979 to 1982. He earned a doctorate in law at LMU in 1986.