Supervisory Board

In accordance with the Statutes, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE comprises twelve members

The term of office of the Supervisory Board commenced following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 2, 2014, in which the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were elected. It terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting which resolves on the discharge of members of the Supervisory Board for the fourth complete financial year after the term of office commenced; this is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in 2019. The Supervisory Board comprises the following members:

Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (until May 2011)

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

Fuchs Petrolub SE (Chairman)
Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG (Chairman)
Daimler AG (member)

Michael Diekmann, Munich, Germany

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 6, 2003

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

Fresenius Management SE (member)
Fresenius SE & CO. KGaA (Vice Chairman)
Linde AG (Vice Chairman)
Siemens AG (member)

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:

Allianz Australia Ltd. (non-executive Director)
Allianz France S.A. (Vice Chairman of the Administrative Council until February 9, 2015)
Allianz S.p.A. (member of the Administrative Council until February 6, 2015)

Robert Oswald, Altrip, Germany

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Chairman of the Works Council of the Ludwigshafen site of BASF SE and Chairman of BASF’s Joint Works Council

Member of the Supervisory Board since: October 1, 2000

Ralf-Gerd Bastian, Neuhofen, Germany

Member of the Works Council of the Ludwigshafen site of BASF SE

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 6, 2003

Dame Alison Carnwath DBE, Sidmouth, England

Senior Advisor Evercore Partners

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:

Zurich Insurance Group AG (independent member of the Administrative Council)
Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (independent member of the Administrative Council)
Living Bridge Equity Partners LLP (non-executive Chairman of the Partnership Board)
Land Securities Group plc (non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors)
PACCAR Inc. (independent member of the Board of Directors)
Coller Capital Ltd. (non-executive member of the Board of Directors since May 2015)

Wolfgang Daniel, Heidelberg, Germany

Vice Chairman of the Works Council of the Ludwigshafen site of BASF SE

Member of the Supervisory Board since: September 9, 1996

Prof. Dr. François Diederich, Zurich, Switzerland

Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 19, 1998

Franz Fehrenbach, Stuttgart, Germany

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH

Member of the Supervisory Board since: January 14, 2008

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

Robert Bosch GmbH (Chairman)
Stihl AG (Vice Chairman)
Linde AG (member)

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:

Robert Bosch Corporation (member of the Board of Directors)
Stihl Holding AG & Co. KG (member of the Advisory Board)

Francesco Grioli, Ronnenberg, Germany

Regional manager of the Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland branch of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

Gerresheimer AG (Vice Chairman)
Villeroy & Boch AG (member)

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:

V & B Fliesen GmbH (member)
Steag New Energies GmbH (Vice Chairman)

Anke Schäferkordt, Cologne, Germany

Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Co-CEO of RTL Group S.A.
Chief Executive Officer of RTL Television GmbH

Member of the Supervisory Board since: December 17, 2010

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

Software AG (member until May 13, 2015)

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:

Groupe M6 (member of the Supervisory Board since April 28, 2015)

Denise Schellemans, Brecht, Belgium

Full-time trade union delegate

Member of the Supervisory Board since: January 14, 2008

Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germany

Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union

Member of the Supervisory Board since: August 1, 2004

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships):

K+S Aktiengesellschaft (Vice Chairman)
Steag GmbH (Vice Chairman)
Evonik Industries AG (Vice Chairman)
RAG AG (Vice Chairman)
RAG DSK AG (Vice Chairman)