Heike Hanagarth is on the board of Lanxess AG, LANXESS Deutschland GmbH, Fraunhofer Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI and Stiftung Haus Der Kleinen Forscher and Senate Member at Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren eV.

She previously occupied the position of Principal at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Member-Management Board at IFA Holding GmbH, Director-Rail Technology at Deutsche Bahn AG and Senior Manager-Corporate Quality Management at MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH.

Dr. Hanagarth received a doctorate from Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.