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Management

Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Responsibilities as of May 1, 2024

Dr. Markus Kamieth
Dr. Markus Kamieth

Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors

53 years old, 25 years at BASF

Responsibilities: 
Corporate Development, Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Senior Project Net Zero Accelerator; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Investor Relations

Dr. Dirk Elvermann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of BASF SE
Dr. Dirk Elvermann

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer

52 years old, 21 years at BASF

Responsibilities:
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement; BASF Venture Capital

Michael Heinz
Michael Heinz

60 years old, 40 years at BASF

Responsibilities: 
Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Agricultural Solutions; North America; South America

Anup Kothari, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Anup Kothari

56 years old, 25 years at BASF

Responsibilities:
Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals; Catalysts; Coatings

Dr. Stephan Kothrade, Member of the Board of Executive DIrectors of BASF SE
Dr. Stephan Kothrade

Chief Technology Officer

57 years old, 29 years at BASF

Responsibilities:
Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Performance Materials; Monomers; Group Research; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & ANZ; Mega Projects Asia

Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel, Member of the Board of Executive DIrectors of BASF SE
Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel

Industrial Relations Director

54 years old, 13 years at BASF

Responsibilities:
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; Global Engineering Services; European Site & Verbund Management; Europe, Middle East, Africa 

Supervisory Board of BASF SE
(as of May 1, 2024)

Shareholder representatives

Dr. Kurt Bock
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and Managing Partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG

Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell
Professor of Organic Chemistry at LMU Munich

Liming Chen

World Economic Forum Greater China Chair

Alessandra Genco
Chief Financial Officer of Leonardo SpA

Tamara Weinert
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Area Americas and member of the Leadership Team of Outokumpu Corporation

Employee representatives

Sinischa Horvat
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site; and Chairman of BASF’s Joint Works Council and of the BASF Works Council Europe

Tatjana Diether
Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, and member of the BASF Works Council Europe

André Matta
Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, and member of the BASF Works Council Europe

Natalie Mühlenfeld
District Manager of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE) for the Düsseldorf district

Michael Vassiliadis
Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IG BCE)

Peter Zaman
Deputy Secretary of the Works Council of BASF Antwerpen N.V.

Two-tier management system of BASF SE

The Supervisory Board works hand in hand with the Board of Executive Directors to ensure long-term succession planning for the composition of the Board of Executive Directors. BASF aims to fill most Board positions with leaders from within the company. It is the task of the Board of Executive Directors to propose a sufficient number of suitable individuals to the Supervisory Board.

The aim is to enable the Supervisory Board to ensure a reasonable level of diversity with respect to education and professional experience, cultural background, international representation, gender and age when appointing members of the Board of Executive Directors. Irrespective of these individual criteria, a holistic approach will determine a person’s suitability for appointment to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE.

Last UpdateMay 27, 2024