Who we are
Michael Heinz
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Michael Heinz was born in 1964 in Mannheim, Germany. He studied Business Administration at the College of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, Germany. In 2000, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Michael Heinz joined BASF in 1984 as a Product Manager in Germany. This was followed by various positions abroad. Starting in 1999, he was responsible for BASF’s business in Mexico and Central America. He headed BASF’s global crop protection business and was thereafter responsible for the integration of acquired companies. Michael Heinz has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since 2011. He was Industrial Relations Director and Site Director for the Ludwigshafen site in Germany. Since 2021, he has been Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, located in Florham Park, New Jersey.
Michael Heinz is responsible for the divisions Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; Region North America; Region South America.
| 2021 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BASF Corporation, located in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States |
| 2017 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Industrial Relations Director, BASF SE, Site Director of Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 2011 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen |
| 2010 | Integration Lead Cognis GmbH, Holthausen, Germany |
| 2009 | Chief Executive Officer and Integration Lead Ciba AG, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005 | President, Agricultural Products division, renamed Crop Protection division at the beginning of 2008, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (since January 14, 2008 BASF SE), Limburgerhof, Germany |
| 2002 | Group Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing, Agricultural Products division, Mount Olive, New Jersey, United States, from 2004 in Limburgerhof |
| 1999 | President and General Manager, BASF de México S.A. and BASF Central America and the Caribbean, México City, México |
| 1997 | Director, Marketing Crop Protection, BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States |
| 1996 | General Manager of BASF Ecuatoriana S.A., Quito, Ecuador |
| 1995 | Manager, Reporting and Controlling, Consumer Products and Life Science, BASF Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
| 1989 | Product Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
| 1986 | Product Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen |
| 1984 | Joined BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen |
Memberships
| Since 06/2021 | BASF Corporation (Chairman; President & Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Pension & Benefits Committee; NAEC Chairman) |
| Since 06/2021 | BASF USA Holding LLC (Managing Director) |
| Since 06/2021 | American Chemistry Council (ACC) (Member of the Board of Directors; Member of the Executive Committee; Member of Sustainability Committee; Member of the Finance, Audit and Membership Committee; Member of the Chemical Management Committee; Member of the Plastics Coordinating Committee) |
| Since 05/2021 | American Council on Germany (ACG) (Member of the Board of Directors) |
| Since 01/2020 | Lateinamerika-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft (LADW) (Deputy Chairman) |
| Since 05/2019 | Wintershall Dea AG (Member of the Supervisory Board) |
