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:
Fuchs Petrolub SE (chairman)
Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG (chairman)
Daimler AG (member)
Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:
Nyxoah S.A. (nonexecutive director)
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:
Fresenius Management SE (member)
Fresenius SE & CO. KGaA (vice chairman)
Linde AG (vice chairman)
Siemens AG (member)
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 Work 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, Exeter, 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)
Land Securities Group plc (nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors)
PACCAR Inc. (independent member of the Board of Directors)
Coller Capital Ltd. (nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors)
Prof. Dr. François Diederich, Dietikon, 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:
Robert Bosch GmbH (chairman)
Stihl AG (vice chairman)
Linde AG (member)
Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:
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:
Gerresheimer AG (vice chairman)
Villeroy & Boch AG (member)
Steag New Energies GmbH (vice chairman)
V & B Fliesen GmbH (member)
Waldemar Helber, Otterbach, Germany
Vice Chairman of the Works Council of the Ludwigshafen site of BASF SE
Member of the Supervisory Board since: April 29, 2016
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
Comparable German and non-German controlling bodies:
Métropole Télévision S.A. (member of the Supervisory Board)
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:
K+S Aktiengesellschaft (vice chairman)
Steag GmbH (vice chairman)
Evonik Industries AG (vice chairman until May 18, 2016)
RAG AG (vice chairman)
RAG DSK AG (vice chairman)
The following member left the Supervisory Board on April 29, 2016:
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