Michael Heinz
Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Michael Heinz was born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1964. From 1984 onwards, he studied Business Administration at the College of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and graduated there in 1987. In 2000, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University, North Carolina, United States.
Professional Career
| 2020 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Industrial Relations Director and Site Director of Ludwigshafen, responsible for the divisions Global Engineering Services, Corporate Environmental Protection, Health & Safety, European Site & Verbund Management, Region South America |
| 2017 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE, Industrial Relations Director and Site Director of Ludwigshafen, responsible for the divisions Engineering & Technical Expertise, Environmental Protection, Health & Safety, European Site & Verbund Management, Human Resources |
| 2011 | Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF SE responsible for the divisions Dispersions & Pigments, Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health, Performance Chemicals, Advanced Materials & Systems Research and the region South America |
| 2010 | Integration Lead Cognis GmbH, Holthausen, Germany |
| 2009 | Chief Executive Officer and Integration Lead Ciba AG, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2005 | President, Agricultural Products division, renamed Crop Protection division at the beginning of 2008, BASF Aktiengesellschaft (since January 14, 2008 BASF SE), Limburgerhof, Germany |
| 2002 | Group Vice President, Global Strategic Marketing, Agricultural Products division, Mount Olive, New Jersey, United States, from 2004 in Limburgerhof, Germany |
| 1999 | President and General Manager of BASF de México S.A. and BASF Central America and the Caribbean, México City, México |
| 1997 | Director, Marketing Crop Protection, BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States |
| 1996 | General Manager of BASF Ecuatoriana S.A., Quito, Ecuador |
| 1995 | Manager, Reporting and Controlling, Consumer Products and Life Science, BASF Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
| 1989 | Product Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF Corporation, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States |
| 1986 | Marketing Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
| 1984 | Joined BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Memberships
| Since 01/2020 | Lateinamerika-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft e. V. (Deputy Chairman LADW) |
| Since 05/2019 | Wintershall Dea GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board) |
| Since 10/2018 | Europäische Stiftung Kaiserdom zu Speyer (Member of the Board of Trustees) |
| Since 06/2018 | Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V. (Member of the Board) |
| Since 03/2018 | Goethe-Institut (Member of the Economic Advisory Council) |
| Since 09/2017 | Zukunftsinitiative Rheinland-Pfalz (ZIRP) e. V. (Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
| Since 06/2017 | Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e. V. (BAVC), (Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors) |
Since 06/2017 |
Wissensfabrik – Unternehmen für Deutschland e. V. (Chairman of the Steering Committee) |
| Since 05/2017 | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung (DGFP) e. V. (Member) |
| Since 05/2017 | Initiative Chefsache (Member of the Steering Committee) |
| Since 05/2017 | Innovationsforum Energiewende e. V. (If.E), (Member of the Steering Committee) |
| Since 05/2017 | Stiftung Universität Heidelberg (Member of the Board of Trustees) |
| Since 05/2017 | Wittenberg-Zentrum für Globale Ethik (WZGE), (Member of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees) |
| Since 05/2017 | Zukunft Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (ZMRN) e. V. (Chairman of the Board of Directors 03/2018) |
| Since 05/2017 | BASF Antwerpen N. V. (Chairman of the Administrative Board) |
Photos
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Videos
Michael Heinz in the control center for automated guided vehicles (AGV) in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where the AGVs that transport tank containers at the site are monitored.