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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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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