Anup Kothari
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Anup Kothari is an Indian-American business executive born in 1968 in Kota, India. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky, USA. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA.
Anup Kothari joined BASF in 1999 in North America. His journey in BASF took him to various international assignments in Germany and China. He had different business roles in Care Chemicals, Catalysts, and took over as President of the Performance Chemicals division in 2017. From 2021, he led the Nutrition & Health division. Anup Kothari was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE in 2024. He is Chairman of BASF Corporation in North America, a role he assumed in 2025.
He is responsible for the divisions Battery Materials; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions; Performance Chemicals and the region North America.
2024 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
2021 | President, Nutrition & Health, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
2017 | President, Performance Chemicals, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
2015 | Senior Vice President, Performance Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA |
2012 | Vice President, Business Management Mobile Emissions Catalysts Asia Pacific, Catalysts division, Shanghai, China |
2008 | Vice President, Strategy & Planning, New Business Development, Catalysts division, BASF Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, USA |
2006 | Group Leader, Global Strategic Marketing Detergents & Formulators, Care Chemicals division, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
2003 | Business Manager, Performance Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA |
2002 | Technology & Capital Program Manager, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA |
2001 | Capital Projects, Assets & Technology Manager, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA |
1999 | BASF MBA Professional Development Program, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA |
柯泰瑞是印度裔美籍企业高管,1968 年出生于印度科塔。他拥有印度鲁尔基理工学院化学工程学士学位和美国肯塔基大学化学工程硕士学位。他同时拥有美国芝加哥大学布斯商学院行政管理学硕士学位。
柯泰瑞于 1999 年在北美加入巴斯夫。在巴斯夫工作期间,他曾在德国和中国担任过多项国际职务。他曾在护理化学品、催化剂业务部担任过不同的业务职务,并于 2017 年接任特性化学品业务部总裁。从 2021 年起,他开始领导营养与健康业务部。2024 年,柯泰瑞被任命为巴斯夫集团执行董事会成员。
他负责催化剂、涂料、分散体和树脂、特性化学品。
2024 |
巴斯夫集团董事会成员,德国路德维希港 |
2021 |
巴斯夫营养与健康业务部总裁,德国路德维希港 |
2017 |
巴斯夫特性化学品业务部总裁,德国路德维希港 |
2015 |
北美特性化学品业务部高级副总裁,巴斯夫公司,美国新泽西州弗伦翰公园 |
2012 |
移动源排放催化剂亚太区副总裁,巴斯夫催化剂业务部,中国上海 |
2008 |
战略规划与新业务发展副总裁,催化剂业务部,巴斯夫公司,美国新泽西州伊泽林 |
2006 |
洗涤剂和配方全球市场战略负责人,护理化学品业务部,巴斯夫欧洲公司,德国路德维希港 |
2003 |
北美特性化学品业务部业务经理,巴斯夫公司,美国新泽西州弗伦翰公园 |
2002 |
巴斯夫公司技术与资本项目经理,美国新泽西州橄榄山 |
2001 |
巴斯夫公司资本项目、资产和技术经理,美国新泽西州橄榄山 |
1999 |
巴斯夫公司 MBA 专业发展计划,美国新泽西州橄榄山 |