Michael Heinz

Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Michael Heinz was born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1964. From 1984 onwards, he studied Business Administration at the College of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and graduated there in 1987. In 2000, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University, North Carolina, United States.

Professional Career


2017	Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Industrial Relations Director and Site Director of Ludwigshafen, responsible for the divisions Engineering & Technical Expertise, Environmental Protection, Health & Safety, European Site & Verbund Management, Human Resources
2011	Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE responsible for the divisions Dispersions & Pigments, Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health, Performance Chemicals, Advanced Materials & Systems Research and the region South America
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, Germany
1999	President and General Manager of 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	Marketing Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany
1984	Joined BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Memberships


Since 10/2018	Europäische Stiftung Kaiserdom zu Speyer (Member of the Board of Trustees)
Since 06/2018	Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V. (Member of the Board)
Since 03/2018	Goethe-Institut (Member of the Economic Advisory Council)
Since 09/2017	Zukunftsinitiative Rheinland-Pfalz (ZIRP) e. V. (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Since 06/2017	Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e. V. (BAVC), (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Since 06/2017	Wissensfabrik – Unternehmen für Deutschland e. V. (Chairman of the Steering Committee)
Since 05/2017	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung (DGFP) e. V. (Member)
Since 05/2017	Initiative Chefsache (Member of the Steering Committee)
Since 05/2017	Innovationsforum Energiewende e. V. (If.E), (Member of the Steering Committee)
Since 05/2017	Stiftung Universität Heidelberg (Member of the Board of Trustees)
Since 05/2017	Wittenberg-Zentrum für Globale Ethik (WZGE), (Member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees)
Since 05/2017	Zukunft Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (ZMRN) e. V. (Chairman of the Board of Directors 03/2018)
Since 05/2017	BASF Antwerpen N. V. (Chairman of the Administrative Board)

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Michael Heinz in the control center for automated guided vehicles (AGV) in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where the AGVs that transport tank containers at the site are monitored.