Taiwan
Wayne T. Smith
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Wayne T. Smith was born in Rochester, New York, United States, in 1960. From 1978 onwards, he studied Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University, United States, and received his bachelor’s degree in 1982. In 1989, he completed his master in Business Administration (MBA) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, United States.
Professional Career
| 2020 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, responsible for Monomers, Performance Materials, Petrochemicals, Intermediates, Process Research & Chemical Engineering and North America |
| 2019 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, responsible for Monomers, Performance Materials, Process Research & Chemical Engineering, Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America, as well as Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America |
| 2018 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation, in addition to his previous responsibilities, responsible for Process Research & Chemical Engineering |
| 2015 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation (since May 2015), responsible for the divisions Catalysts, Coatings, Performance Materials, Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America, as well as Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America |
| 2012 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE, responsible for the divisions Petrochemicals, Monomers, Intermediates, as well as Process Research & Chemical Engineering |
| 2010 | President, Polyurethanes division, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2006 | President, Catalysts division and Executive Vice President, BASF Corporation, Iselin and Florham Park, New Jersey, United States |
| 2004 | Group Vice President, Intermediates NAFTA, BASF Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey, United States |
| 2000 | Vice President and General Manager, Specialty Construction Chemicals, W. R. Grace & Co., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| 1998 | Vice President and General Manager, Packaged Products, BOC Group, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
| 1997 | Global Product Manager, Oxygen Packaged Products, BOC Group, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
| 1995 | Regional Operations Manager, Northeastern Region, BOC Group, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
| 1993 | Business Manager, Oxygen On-Site Plants, BOC Group, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
| 1989 | Manager Finance and Planning, Sales Manager Process Systems, BOC Group, Murray Hill, New Jersey, United States |
