Dr. Stephan Kothrade, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
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“Identifying and developing the right technologies to reduce our carbon footprint and building up circular material streams, while ensuring profitable growth will be decisive to shape the chemical industry of tomorrow and is therefore at the center of my attention.”

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Dr. Stephan Kothrade
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Dr. Stephan Kothrade is Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE and Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

Dr. Stephan Kothrade was born in 1967 in Landshut, Germany. He has a doctorate in Organic Chemistry from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany.

Stephan Kothrade joined BASF in 1995 and began his career in polymer research. Since then, he has held various key positions around the world. In addition to Germany, Stephan Kothrade has held management positions in Hungary and Belgium. From 2012 to 2022, Stephan Kothrade lived in China and was, among other things, President and Chairman Greater China. In 2022, he assumed responsibility for the Intermediates division. In 2023, he was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE.

Stephan Kothrade is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of BASF SE. He is responsible for Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Group Research; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia.

   
2024 Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Chief Technology Officer, BASF SE, located in Ludwigshafen, Germany and Singapore
2023 Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
2022 President Intermediates, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen
2020 President and Chairman Greater China, BASF, Shanghai, China
2016 President Functions Asia Pacific, President and Chairman Greater China, BASF, Shanghai, China
2012
 President, BASF-YPC Company Ltd, and Managing Director of Nanjing Verbund Site, Nanjing, China
2008 Senior Vice President, Plant Operations, Engineering & Infrastructure, BASF Antwerpen N.V., Antwerp, Belgium
2006 Managing Director, BASF Hungária & Southeast Europe, Budapest, Hungary
2003 Director Global Procurement, Inorganic Chemicals and Intermediates, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (since January 14, 2008 BASF SE), Ludwigshafen
2000 Group leader Strategic Planning: Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Business Unit Strategies, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen
1998 Plant Manager, Lutonal Plant, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen
1995 Joined BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Polymer Research