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Implementation of the competence profile and the diversity concept for the Board of Executive Directors
The current composition of the Board of Executive Directors meets the competence profile and the requirements of the diversity concept in full. On account of the different educational backgrounds and management experience of its members – in scientific, technical and commercial fields – the Board of Executive Directors as a whole covers the required spectrum of specialist and management expertise and also possesses many years of international experience. In accordance with section 76 (3a) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), one woman sits on the Board of Executive Directors, with suitable consideration of women forming an integral component of succession planning for the Board of Executive Directors. In its current composition, the Board of Executive Directors exhibits a balanced age structure and has an age range of seven years, meaning that sufficient continuity is assured in the work of the Board of Executive Directors. Likewise, no member of the Board of Executive Directors exceeds the standard age limit of 63 years.
For details, please see the matrix below:
| Dr. Markus Kamieth | Dr. Dirk Elvermann | Michael Heinz | Anup Kothari | Dr. Stephan Kothrade | Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel | |
| Member of the Board of Executive Directors since | 2017 | 2023 | 2011 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Position as of December 31, 2024 | Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Chairman of BASF Corporation, located in Florham Park, New Jersey | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Chief Technology Officer, BASF SE, located in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Singapore |
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Industrial Relations Director, Site Director of the Ludwigshafen site, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| Duties and regional responsibilities (2024 business year) |
Corporate Development; Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Investor Relations; Senior Project Net Zero Accelerator | Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement; BASF Venture Capital | Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; North America region; South America region | Catalysts; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals | Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Group Research; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia | European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; Europe, Middle East, Africa region |
| At BASF since | 1999 | 2003 | 1984 | 1999 | 1995 | 2010 |
| Leadership experience within BASF | ||||||
| Scientific | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| Technical | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Commercial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Diversity | ||||||
| Date of birth | November 25, 1970 | August 13, 1971 | February 18, 1964 | January 8, 1968 | March 13, 1967 | September 10, 1969 |
| Gender | Male | Male | Male | Male | Male | Female |
| Degree | Chemistry | Law | MBA | Chemical engineering, MBA | Chemistry | Chemistry |
| Nationality | German | German | German | American | German | German |
| International experience | ||||||
| Europe | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| North/South/Central America | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| China | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Asia Pacific | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Experience relevant to the sectors, products, geographical locations and customer industries of BASF | ||||||
| Chemicals | Director, Business Mgmt. Acrylics & Superabsor-bents North America & South America | President, Intermediates; Managing Director Nanjing Verbund site; SVP, BASF Antwerpen N.V./Plant Operations, Engineering & Infrastructure |
VP, Distribution Business Europe & Managing Director, BTC Europe GmbH | |||
| Materials | SVP, BASF Antwerpen N.V./Plant Operations, Engineering & Infrastructure | |||||
| Industrial Solutions | SVP, Performance Chemicals North America; Director, Ciba Integration for Performance Chemicals Division |
President, Global Integration Team Ciba and Chief Executive Officer Ciba | President, Performance Chemicals; SVP, Performance Chemicals North America |
Operations Manager, Lutonal plant, Ludwigshafen, Germany | Head of Sales Lubricant Additives Central Europe, Ciba Specialty Chemicals | |
| Surface Technologies | President, Coatings | VP, Business Mgmt. Mobile Emissions Catalysts Asia Pacific; VP, Strategy & Planning/New Business Development Catalysts |
SVP, Automotive Refinish Coatings Solutions EMEA, BASF Coatings GmbH | |||
| Nutrition & Care | President, Global Integration Team Cognis; Product Manager PVP Polymers |
President, Nutrition & Health; Global Marketing Manager & Business Manager, Care Chemicals |
Production and research for water-soluble special polymers for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals | Head of Sales Formulation Technologies Europe, BASF Personal Care and Nutrition GmbH; Regional Sales Director Functional Products Europe, Cognis; Regional Marketing Director Care Chemicals North Europe, Cognis |
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| Agricultural Solutions | President, Crop Protection; Group Vice President Global Strategic Marketing Agricultural Products |
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| Research & Development | Research of special and process chemicals | Production and research for water-soluble special polymers for cosmetics and pharmaceuticals | ||||
| Technology | Technology & Capital Program Manager, BASF Corporation | Managing Director, Nanjing Verbund site; SVP, BASF Antwerpen N.V./Plant Operations, Engineering & Infrastructure |
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| Corporate functions | Staff of member of the Board of Executive Directors | President, Corporate Finance; member of the Board, Wintershall Holding GmbH; SVP, Corporate M&A Projects; Managing Director, BASF Polska Sp. z.o.o.; Vice President, Legal and Tax Asia Pacific |
Managing Director, BASF Mexicana S.A. | President, Greater China; President YPC Joint Venture, Nanjing; Corporate Strategy & Planning; Managing Director, BASF Hungária & Southeast Europe, Budapest, Hungary |
President, Europe, Middle East and Africa | |
| Sustainability-related specialist knowledgea | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automotive industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Construction industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Electronics industry | ✓ | |||||
| Agriculture | ✓ | |||||
| Packaging industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Energy industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pharmaceutical and cosmetics industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Household and cleaning industry | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
a In particular, taking into account the sustainability topics that are material for BASF, which were identified following the double materiality assessment. Details can be found in the section “Competence of the Board of Executive Directors and Supervisory Board in monitoring sustainability aspects”.