Guru Ramamurthy
Chief Financial Officer, Crop Science
As of July 1, 2025, Guru Ramamurthy serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Bayer's Crop Science Division. He is part of the Crop Science Leadership Team as well as the Global Finance Leadership Team led by Wolfgang Nickl, the Board Member responsible for Finance.
Since joining Bayer in 2001, Ramamurthy has held numerous finance leadership roles across various business segments and geographies. Prior to his current position, he served as CFO of Bayer US, CFO of AskBio (Bayer’s wholly owned and independently operated gene therapy company), CFO of Bayer’s Medical Care division, and held other finance leadership positions in Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United States. Before joining Bayer, Ramamurthy's career focused on finance, audit, and accounting roles at Siemens, Citibank, and PwC.
He holds an Executive MBA from INSEAD, France, and a bachelor's degree in commerce with a focus on accounting and tax from St. Xavier's College, India. Additionally, he is an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a Graduate Cost and Works Accountant (Grad CWA), both of which are internationally recognized professional accounting qualifications.
Ramamurthy was born in India and currently lives in the United States with his wife and two children.
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