BASF Supervisory Board extends appointments of two members of the Board of Executive Directors

The Supervisory Board of BASF SE has extended the appointments of Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel and Anup Kothari as members of the Board of Executive Directors until the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2030.

Scharpwinkel (56) is member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as well as Industrial Relations Director and Site Director of BASF’s largest Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. In 2024, she was appointed as a member of the Board of Executive Directors. She is responsible for the divisions European Site & Verbund Management, Global Engineering Services and Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality.

Kothari (58) was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE in 2024. He is Chairman of BASF Corporation in the United States, a role he assumed in 2025. He is responsible for the segments Industrial Solutions and Surface Technologies.

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At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. Our ambition: We want to be the preferred chemical company to enable our customers’ green transformation. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 95,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises, as core businesses, the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, and Nutrition & Care; our standalone businesses are bundled in the segments Surface Technologies and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of around €60 billion in 2025. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the United States. Further information at www.basf.com.

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