BASF appoints Claudia Huang Senior Vice President for Monomers Asia Pacific

Hong Kong – June 4, 2018 – Claudia Ruo Bing Huang, currently Vice President, Business Management, Isocyanates & Inorganics Asia Pacific, BASF’s Monomers division, has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Monomers, Asia Pacific, effective June 1, 2018. She will succeed Dr. Ramkumar Dhruva, who will serve as President, South & East Asia, ASEAN, and Australia/New Zealand regional division, effective July 1, 2018.

Claudia Huang started her career with BASF in 2004 as plant manager at a BASF joint venture (JV) in Shanghai, China. She then held various management positions, including JV General Manager, Vice President responsible for Manufacturing & Technology for BASF in Greater China, and Business management for Dispersions & Resins, Performance Chemicals, Paper Chemicals, and Nutrition & Health in China.

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