Paul Marquardt

Paul Marquardt first completed an apprenticeship as a Brewer and Maltster before earning degrees in Brewing and Beverage Sciences from the Technical University Munich-Weihenstephan and in Industrial Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. With family roots deeply embedded in hop cultivation—his mother grew up on a hop farm in Tettnang that remains family-owned and is now managed by his cousin—a career in the brewing industry seemed almost predestined.

After holding various positions in both the malting and machine manufacturing industries, Paul joined Lanxess in 2010, where he led the technical application group within the Beverage Technologies Business Line until 2016. At the end of 2016, he relocated to the United States to assume the role of Director of the Americas for the Beverage Technology Group at Lanxess. Since 2024, Paul has headed the Consumer Solutions Business Line in North America, which provides antimicrobial solutions across three market segments: Food & Beverage, Biosecurity, and Home and Personal Care. He’s almost always got something brewing—currently, it’s a German-style Munich Helles.