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Meeting attendance and independence
In the 2023 business year, meetings were held as follows:
- The Supervisory Board met five times.
- The Personnel Committee met four times.
- The Audit Committee met five times.
- The Nomination Committee met once..
- The Strategy Committee met once.
With the exception of one meeting, at which two members were absent, all respective members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board. With the exception of one meeting of the Audit Committee, at which one member was absent, and the meeting of the Strategy Committee, at which one member was absent, all respective members attended all meetings of the Supervisory Board’s committees. During the 2023 business year, the meetings of the Supervisory Board and its committees were held almost entirely as in-person meetings with the additional option of virtual attendance via electronic communication. Only the Audit Committee held one of its five meetings as completely virtual meetings.
Meeting attendance of Supervisory Board members in Supervisory Board and Committee meetings of BASF SE in 2023 and assessment of independence1
Dr. Kurt Bock
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Personnel Committee | 4/4 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Strategy Committee | 1/1 |
Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Personnel Committee | 4/4 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Strategy Committee | 1/1 |
Sinischa Horvat
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Employee representative
Independence: yes*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Personnel Committee | 4/4 |
Strategy Committee | 1/1 |
Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Dame Alison Carnwath DBE
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 4/5 |
Audit Committee | 5/5 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Strategy Committee | 0/1 |
Liming Chen
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Tatjana Diether
Employee representative
Independence: yes*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Audit Committee | 5/5 |
Strategy Committee | 1/1 |
Alessandra Genco
Shareholder representative
Independence: yes
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 4/5 |
Nomination Committee | 1/1 |
Audit Committee | 5/5 |
André Matta
Employee representative
Independence: yes*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Nathalie Mühlenfeld
Employee representative
Independence: yes*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Michael Vassiliadis
Employee representative
Independence: not independent due to BASF SE Supervisory Board membership for more than 12 years (since August 1, 2004)*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
Personnel Committee | 4/4 |
Audit Committee | 4/5 |
Strategy Committee | 1/1 |
Peter Zaman
Employee representative
Independence: yes*
Meetings | Attendance |
Supervisory Board | 5/5 |
1 For the criteria applied to assess the Supervisory Board members‘ independence, see BASF Report 2023
* BASF includes employee representatives in its independence assessment, however, the mere role of an employee or an employment by BASF are not considered to be a reason for excluding the independence.