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Supervisory Board
In accordance with the Statutes, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE comprises twelve members.
The term of office of the Supervisory Board commenced following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024, in which the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were elected. In accordance with the applicable article of the Statutes as of the date of election, it terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that resolves on the discharge of members of the Supervisory Board for the third complete business year after the term of office commenced; this is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 28, 2028.
The Supervisory Board comprises the following members:
Members of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE
Dr. Kurt Bock
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE
Residence: Heidelberg, Germany | Nationality: German
Kurt Bock was born in Rahden, Eastern Westphalia, Germany in 1958. He studied business administration in Münster and Cologne and at Pennsylvania State University. In 1985, he earned his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Bonn. In the same year, he began his career at BASF in finance. From 2003 to 2011, he was Chief Financial Officer of BASF SE and, since 2007, additionally Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation in the United States. He was Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF from 2011 to 2018.
Bock has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since June 18, 2020. He has been reelected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Chairman
- Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (publicly listed), Vice Chairman; Chairman of the Audit Committee, Member of the Personnel and Nomination Committees
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Nomination Committee (Chair)
- Strategy Committee (Chair)
- Personnel Committee (Member)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE
Managing partner, Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG (RBIK)
Chairman of the supervisory board, Robert Bosch GmbH
Residence: Stuttgart, Germany | Nationality: German
Stefan Asenkerschbaumer was born in Burghausen, Germany, in 1956. He studied at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, where he obtained degrees in business education in 1982 and in business administration in 1984 as well as his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) on the subject of operational innovation management in 1986. As of 2010 he was member of the board of management of Robert Bosch GmbH and from 2013 to 2021 he was deputy chairman of the board of management. Asenkerschbaumer has been managing partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG (RBIK) and chairman of the supervisory board of Robert Bosch GmbH since January 2022. Both companies belong to the Bosch Group (group mandates) and are not publicly listed.
Asenkerschbaumer has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 29, 2022. He has been reelected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Vice Chairman
- Robert Bosch GmbH (not publicly listed), Chairman
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- Stadler Rail AG (publicly listed), independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Nomination Committee (Member)
- Strategy Committee (Member)
- Personnel Committee (Chair)
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
Residence: Limburgerhof, Germany | Nationality: German
Sinischa Horvat was born in Pirmasens, Germany in 1976 and trained as a process control technician at BASF from 1993 to 1997. After his studies of business administration, he worked in the site information management at the Ludwigshafen site from 2002 to 2007. He joined the Works Council of BASF Aktiengesellschaft in 2002 and has been a full-time member of the Works Council at the Ludwigshafen site since 2007. Horvat joined the BASF Works Council Europe in 2013.
Horvat has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since May 12, 2017. He has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Vice Chairman
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Strategy Committee (Member)
- Personnel Committee (Member)
Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell
Professor for Organic Chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich
Residence: Munich, Germany | Nationality: German
Thomas Carell was born in Herford, Germany in 1966 and studied chemistry at the University of Münster, Germany. He received his doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1993. After postdoctoral studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge he obtained his habilitation from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland in 1998. Carell has been a professor for organic chemistry at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany since 2004.
Carell has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since May 3, 2019. He has been reelected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprise:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Nomination Committee (Member)
- Personnel Committee (Member)
Liming Chen
Non-executive Independent Board Member of ACWA Power Company SJSC
Residence: Beijing, China | Nationality: Singaporean
Liming Chen was born in 1960 in Xinjiang/China. He graduated from Shihezi University in Xinjiang in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science. In 1989, he obtained his master’s degree in food science from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Between 1994 and 2008, Chen held various leadership roles at the chemical company Condea (since 2001: Sasol) in Singapore and China. From 2008 to 2015, he served as President of BP China and Chairman of BP (China) Holding Company. Chen was the Chairman of IBM Greater China Group between 2015 and 2022. From July 2022 to January 2025, he served as the Chair of the World Economic Forum Greater China, based in Beijing.
Chen has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since October 8, 2020. He has been reelected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- ACWA Power Company SJSC (publicly listed), Member
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Nomination Committee (Member)
Tatjana Diether
Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site and member of the BASF Works Council Europe
Residence: Limburgerhof, Germany | Nationality: German
Tatjana Diether was born in Worms, Germany in 1975. She joined BASF as an apprentice for technical drawing in 1991. Following a vocational commercial training at a private business school, she was an instructor for vocational training at BASF. Diether has been a member of the Works Council of BASF SE since 2003 and has been a full-time member of the Works Council since 2008. Diether was elected to the BASF Works Council Europe in 2017.
Diether has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since May 4, 2018. She has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and her mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Audit Committee (Member)
- Personnel Committee (Member)
Alessandra Genco
Chief Financial Officer of Leonardo SpA
Residence: Rome, Italy | Nationality: Italian
Alessandra Genco was born in Rome, Italy, in 1973. She obtained an MSc. in economics from LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Between 1996 and 1999 Genco was a risk manager at Banca di Roma and from 2001 to 2006, she was vice president in the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs in New York City. In 2006, Genco started her career at Leonardo SpA where she was head of Investments and Portfolio Evaluation until 2014, then vice president Group Finance until 2017. Genco has been Chief Financial Officer of Leonardo SpA since 2017.
Genco has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 29, 2022. She has been reelected by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2024, and her mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- Elettronica SpA (not publicly listed, controlling interest of Leonardo SpA)
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Audit Committee (Chair)
- Nomination Committee (Member)
- Strategy Committee (Member)
André Matta
Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, and member of the BASF Works Council Europe
Residence: Großkarlbach, Germany | Nationality: German
André Matta was born in Altleiningen, Germany, in 1970. Between 1986 and 1990 he trained as a machinist and joined BASF in 1991 as a production employee. From 1995 to 1998, he retrained as a chemical technician. Matta joined the Works Council of BASF SE in 2005. He has been a full-time member of the Works Council since 2011 and a member of the BASF Works Council Europe since 2013. Furthermore, Matta exercises different functions within the IGBCE: He chairs the district management of IGBCE in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and he is a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland branch, of the wage commission Rhineland-Palatinate and of the advisory commission.
Matta has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 29, 2022. He has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Strategy Committee (Member)
Natalie Mühlenfeld
Board secretary of the Board Division 1 Politics/Transformation, IGBCE
Residence: Düsseldorf, Germany | Nationality: German
Natalie Mühlenfeld was born in Essen, Germany, in 1980. She concluded her studies of law at the Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany, in 2009 with the Second State Examination in Law. She began her career at the IGBCE in 2010 as secretary for legal protection at the regional legal protection office in Bochum, Germany. Mühlenfeld was trade union secretary of the Leverkusen district from 2013 to 2020 before taking over the management of the Düsseldorf district in 2020. She has been board secretary of the Board Division 1 Politics/Transformation at the IGBCE in Hannover since 2024.
Mühlenfeld has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 29, 2022. She has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and her mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
- 3M Deutschland GmbH (not publicly listed), Member
- Solventum Germany GmbH (not publicly listed), Member
- Henkel AG & Co KGaA (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- None
Michael Vassiliadis
Chairman of the IGBCE
Residence: Hanover, Germany | Nationality: German
Michael Vassiliadis was born in Essen, Germany in 1964 and trained as a chemical lab technician at Bayer AG in Dormagen, Germany. In 1986, he began his full-time union work at IG CPK (since 1997 IGBCE). Since March 2004, he has been a member of the Managing Board of IGBCE. In October 2009, he was elected Chairman of IGBCE.
Vassiliadis has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since August 1, 2004. He has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
- Steag GmbH (not publicly listed), Member
- RAG Aktiengesellschaft (not publicly listed), Vice Chairman
- Henkel AG & Co KGaA (publicly listed), Member
- Vivawest GmbH (not publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Audit Committee (Member)
- Personnel Committee (Member)
- Strategy Committee (Member)
Tamara Weinert
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Area Americas and Member of the Leadership Team of Outokumpu Corporation
Residence: Fairhope, Alabama/USA | Nationality: German
Tamara Weinert was born in Mannheim in 1965. She is a banking specialist (Bankfachwirtin) and obtained an MBA in Finance from the Manchester Business School and a Master’s Degree in Protected Landscape Management from the University of Greenwich. Between 1984 and 2000 Weinert worked in the staff to a member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Bank as well as in various managing functions at Deutsche Bank in the field of Credit. Between 2001 and 2002, Weinert worked as manager Credit & Contracts at Mirant Corporation and between 2002 and 2009 in various functions in the fields of Credit Risk Management and Treasury at Nuon Energy in the Netherlands. From 2009 to 2012 she was Head of Corporate & Structured Finance at Vattenfall in Sweden. In 2012, Weinert started her career at Outokumpu Oyj (since April 4, 2024: Outokumpu Corporation) where she held various leadership roles in Germany and Finland in the fields Finance & Control, Sales and Investor Relations. She has been a member of the Leadership Team of Outokumpu Corporation since 2020 and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Area Americas since 2021.
Weinert has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 25, 2024, and her mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- Audit Committee (Member)
- Nomination Committee (Member)
Peter Zaman
Secretary of the Works Council of BASF Antwerpen N.V.
Residence: Antwerp, Belgium | Nationality: Belgian
Peter Zaman was born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1968. He trained as an automotive mechanic and joined BASF Antwerpen N.V. in 1990 as a machine operator. After further internal training, he worked as a plant operator in the chlorine plant. Between 2000 and 2007, Zaman worked for Solvin N.V., a joint venture between BASF and Solvay. Since 2007, he has worked for the joint venture BASF DOW HPPO Production B.V. Zaman joined the works council of BASF Antwerpen N.V. in 2000 and has been a part-time works council member since 2017.
Zaman has been a member of the BASF Supervisory Board since April 29, 2022. He has been reelected by the BASF Works Council Europe for the term of office 2024, and his mandate terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2028.
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany:
- BASF SE (publicly listed), Member
Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises:
- None
Committee memberships within the BASF SE Supervisory Board:
- None