Who we are
Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
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Katja Scharpwinkel was born in Hagen, Germany in 1969. She studied chemistry at Münster University and received her diploma in 1994, followed by her PhD in 1996.
She is responsible for the divisions European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; Region Europe, Middle East, Africa.