Andy Postlethwaite Appointed Managing Director, BASF South East Asia Pte Ltd
Singapore – June 30, 2025 – BASF is pleased to announce that Andy Postlethwaite, Senior Vice President of Performance Materials Asia Pacific, will assume additional responsibility as Managing Director of BASF South East Asia, effective July 1, 2025. He succeeds Vimala Arumugam, who has decided to take an early retirement.
Andy began his career with BASF in New Zealand in 1986. Over the decades, he has held various leadership positions within the BASF Group across different locations. Prior to his current appointment, Andy served as the Vice President of Nutrition & Health Asia Pacific regional business unit in Hong Kong, responsible for the vitamins business in Asia Pacific, and led the vitamin business in China as Country Head and the General Manager of the production plant in Shenyang, China. He has also lived and worked in Malaysia.
With more than 17 years of experience based in Singapore, Andy will continue to steer the company forward in achieving BASF’s Winning Ways strategy in Singapore.
About BASF in Singapore
BASF has been present in Singapore since 1978, supplying to customers from various industries, including chemicals, construction, electronics, personal care, and health and nutrition. The company today operates four production facilities in Singapore, as well as Human Nutrition Application Lab Asia Pacific for its nutrition and health business. BASF posted sales to customers in Singapore of about €278 million in 2024 and had 542 employees as of the end of the year. Further information is available www.basf.com/sg.
About BASF
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 112,000 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 €65.3 billion in 2024. 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.
