Board of Executive Directors

There were eight members on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as of December 31, 2016

Dr. Kurt Bock

Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors
Degree: Business Administration, 58 years old, 26 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Legal, Taxes, Insurance & Intellectual Property; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Senior Executive Human Resources; Investor Relations; Compliance

First appointed: 2003, Term expires: 2021

Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships): Fresenius Management SE (since May 13, 2016)

Dr. Martin Brudermüller

Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors
Degree: Chemistry, 55 years old, 29 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Petrochemicals; Monomers; Intermediates; Process Research & Chemical Engineering; Innovation Management; Digitalization in Research & Development; Corporate Technology & Operational Excellence; BASF New Business

First appointed: 2006, Term expires: 2021

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel

Degree: Law, 57 years old, 29 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Finance; Oil & Gas; Procurement; Supply Chain Operations & Information Services; Corporate Controlling; Corporate Audit

First appointed: 2008, Term expires: 2021

Internal memberships as defined in Section 100(2) of the German Stock Corporation Act:
Wintershall Holding GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Wintershall AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies: Nord Stream AG (member of the Shareholders’ Committee)

Sanjeev Gandhi

Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 50 years old, 23 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Greater China & Functions Asia Pacific; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand

First appointed: 2014, Term expires: 2018

Michael Heinz

Degree: Business Administration, 52 years old, 33 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Dispersions & Pigments; Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; Region South America

First appointed: 2011, Term expires: 2019

Dr. Harald Schwager

Degree: Chemistry, 56 years old, 29 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Construction Chemicals; Crop Protection; Bioscience Research; Region Europe

First appointed: 2008, Term expires: 2017

Wayne T. Smith

Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 56 years old, 13 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Catalysts; Coatings; Performance Materials; Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America; Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America

First appointed: 2012, Term expires: 2020

Margret Suckale

Degrees: Law, Business Administration, 60 years old, 8 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Engineering & Maintenance; Environmental Protection, Health & Safety; European Site & Verbund Management; Human Resources

First appointed: 2011, Term expires: 2017

Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies: BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Administrative Council)

Changes as of May 13, 2017:

Following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 12, 2017, Margret Suckale and Dr. Harald Schwager will leave the Board of Executive Directors. The Supervisory Board will then appoint Saori Dubourg and Dr. Markus Kamieth as new members of the Board of Executive Directors:

Saori Dubourg

Degree: Business Administration, 45 years old, 20 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Construction Chemicals; Crop Protection; Bioscience Research; Region Europe

First appointed: 2017, Term expires: 2020

Dr. Markus Kamieth

Degree: Chemistry, 46 years old, 18 years at BASF

Responsibilities: Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; Region South America