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Anup Kothari

Anup Kothari

Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Anup Kothari is an Indian-American business executive born in 1968 in Kota, India. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Kentucky, USA. He also holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, USA.

He is responsible for the divisions Catalysts; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals.

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Professional Career

   
2024 Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2021 President, Nutrition & Health, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2017 President, Performance Chemicals, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2015 Senior Vice President, Performance Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA
2012 Vice President, Business Management Mobile Emissions Catalysts Asia Pacific, Catalysts division, Shanghai, China
2008 Vice President, Strategy & Planning, New Business Development, Catalysts division, BASF Corporation, Iselin, New Jersey, USA
2006 Group Leader, Global Strategic Marketing Detergents & Formulators, Care Chemicals division, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2003 Business Manager, Performance Chemicals North America, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, USA
2002 Technology & Capital Program Manager, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA
2001 Capital Projects, Assets & Technology Manager, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA
1999 BASF MBA Professional Development Program, BASF Corporation, Mount Olive, New Jersey, USA

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