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Leadership in North America

North American Executive Committee Profiles

Michael Heinz
Chairman, BASF Corporation
Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE
Marc Ehrhardt
CEO, BASF Corporation 
President, North America
Karen Killeen
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, BASF North America
Senior Vice President, BASF Corporation
Krisanne Pook 

Vice President, People Services USA

Benjamin Raerup Knudsen
Vice President, Research North America, BASF Corporation

North American Leadership Team

In addition to the North American Executive Committee, the North American Leadership Team leads BASF’s business and organizational priorities in the region.

Parthiv Amin
SVP, Care Chemicals, North America
Florham Park, NJ
Alex Attlesey
VP, Refinery Catalysts
Iselin, NJ
Dominik Born
VP, Indirect Procurement Americas
Houston, TX
Gary Brown
VP, Digitalization North & South America
Florham Park, NJ
Fransis Chadikun
SVP, Chemical Intermediates
Florham Park, NJ
Jeff DeAlmeida
SVP, Pharma Solutions
Florham Park, NJ
Stefan Doerr
SVP, Monomers
Wyandotte, MI
Tejuana Edmond
VP, Plastic Additives
Houston, TX
Denise Hartmann
SVP, Dispersions & Resins
Charlotte, NC
Jeffrey Jones
VP, Automotive Coatings North America
Southfield, MI
Jerold Lebold
SVP, Geismar Site
Geismar, LA
Thomas Manderbach
SVP, Engineering and Maintenance
Houston, TX
Jason McAlpine
SVP, Performance Materials
Wyandotte, MI
Andres Monroy
President & General Management, BASF Mexico, CA&C
DF, Mexico
Brad Morrison
SVP, Freeport Site
Freeport, TX
Apala Mukherjee
VP and Managing Director, BASF Canada
Missisauga, ON
Alexander Neumann-Loreck
SVP, Regional Service Delivery, North & South America
Florham Park, NJ
Paul Rea
SVP, Agriculture Solutions
Research Triangle Park, NC
Gulay Serhatkulu
SVP, Petrochemicals
Wyandotte, MI