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Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Responsibilities as of May 1, 2026

Dr. Markus Kamieth, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors

Dr. Markus Kamieth

Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors
Born in 1970, at BASF since 1999
Responsibilities:
Corporate Development; Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Investor Relations
Dr. Dirk Elvermann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of BASF SE

Dr. Dirk Elvermann

Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer
Born in 1971, at BASF since 2003
Responsibilities:
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement
Anup Kothari, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Anup Kothari

Born in 1968, at BASF since 1999
Responsibilities:
Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals; Coatings; Battery Materials; Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions; United States
Dr. Stephan Kothrade, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Dr. Stephan Kothrade

Chief Technology Officer
Born in 1967, at BASF since 1995
Responsibilities:
Monomers, Performance Materials; Group Research; Greater China
Dr. Mary Kurian, Member of the Board of Executive DIrectors of BASF SE

Dr. Mary Kurian

Born in 1977, at BASF since 2020
Responsibilities:
Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals
Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel

Industrial Relations Director
Born in 1969, at BASF since 2010
Responsibilities:
European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality
Dr. Livio Tedeschi, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Dr. Livio Tedeschi

Born in 1971, at BASF since 2003
Responsibilities:
Agricultural Solutions

Supervisory Board of BASF SE
(as of May 1, 2026)

Shareholder representatives

Dr. Kurt Bock
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE;
Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (until May 2018)

Mark Garrett
Independent nonexecutive Director of Orica Limited

Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and managing partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG

Alessandra Genco
Former Chief Financial Officer of Leonardo SpA (until November 2025)

Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell
Professor of Organic Chemistry at LMU Munich

Tamara Weinert
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Area Americas and member of the Leadership Team of Outokumpu Corporation (until October 2025)

Employee representatives

Sinischa Horvat
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen site, of the BASF Group Works Council and of the BASF Works Council Europe

Natalie Mühlenfeld
District Manager of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IGBCE) Cologne/Bonn

Tatjana Diether
Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen site, and member of the BASF Group Works Council

Michael Vassiliadis
Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union (IGBCE)

André Matta
Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen site

Peter Zaman
Secretary of the Works Council of BASF Antwerpen N.V.

Two-tier management system of BASF SE

Two-tier management system of BASF SE

The Supervisory Board works hand in hand with the Board of Executive Directors to ensure long-term succession planning for the composition of the Board of Executive Directors. BASF aims to fill most Board positions with leaders from within the company. It is the task of the Board of Executive Directors to propose a sufficient number of suitable individuals to the Supervisory Board.

The aim of systematic management development is to enable the Supervisory Board to ensure a reasonable level of diversity with respect to education and professional experience, cultural background, international representation, gender and age when appointing members of the Board of Executive Directors. Irrespective of these individual criteria, a holistic approach will determine a person’s suitability for appointment to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE.

Last UpdateMay 28, 2026