Board of Executive Directors There were eight members on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as of December 31, 2017 Dr. Kurt Bock Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Degree: Business Administration, 59 years old, 27 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: 2018 Supervisory Board memberships (excluding internal memberships): Fresenius Management SE (member) Dr. Martin Brudermüller Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Degree: Chemistry, 56 years old, 30 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: 2023 Saori Dubourg (since May 12, 2017) Degree: Business Administration, 46 years old, 21 years at BASF Responsibilities: Construction Chemicals; Crop Protection; Bioscience Research; Region Europe First appointed: 2017, Term expires: 2020 Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Degree: Law, 58 years old, 30 years at BASF Responsibilities: Finance; Oil & Gas; Procurement; Supply Chain Operations & Information Services; Corporate Controlling; Corporate Audit First appointed: 2008, Term expires: 2023 Internal memberships within the meaning of 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 supervisory bodies: Nord Stream AG (member of the Shareholders’ Committee) Sanjeev Gandhi Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 51 years old, 24 years at BASF Responsibilities: Dispersions & Pigments; Greater China & Functions Asia Pacific; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand First appointed: 2014, Term expires: 2023 Michael Heinz Degree: Business Administration, 53 years old, 34 years at BASF Responsibilities: Engineering & Maintenance; Environmental Protection, Health & Safety; European Site & Verbund Management; Human Resources First appointed: 2011, Term expires: 2019 Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies: BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairman of the Administrative Council since April 20, 2017) Dr. Markus Kamieth (since May 12, 2017) Degree: Chemistry, 47 years old, 19 years at BASF Responsibilities: Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; Region South America First appointed: 2017, Term expires: 2020 Wayne T. Smith Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 57 years old, 14 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 The following members left the Board of Executive Directors on May 12, 2017 Dr. Harald Schwager Degree: Chemistry, 57 years old, 29 years at BASF First appointed: 2008, Term expired: May 12, 2017 Margret Suckale Degrees: Law, Business Administration, 61 years old, 8 years at BASF First appointed: 2011, Term expired: May 12, 2017 Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies: BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Administrative Council until April 20, 2017) Changes as of May 4, 2018 The Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Dr. Kurt Bock will step down from the Board of Executive Directors following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 4, 2018. The Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Martin Brudermüller, currently Vice Chairman, as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel as Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors from this date. In the course of these changes, the number of Board members will be reduced from eight to seven. The areas of responsibility within the Board of Executive Directors will be as follows: Dr. Martin Brudermüller Legal, Taxes, Insurance & Intellectual Property; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Senior Executive Human Resources; Investor Relations; Compliance; BASF 4.0; Corporate Technology & Operational Excellence; Digitalization in Research & Development; Innovation Management Saori Dubourg Construction Chemicals; Crop Protection; Bioscience Research; Region Europe Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Finance; Oil & Gas; Procurement; Supply Chain Operations & Information Services; Corporate Controlling; Corporate Audit Sanjeev Gandhi Intermediates; Monomers; Petrochemicals; Greater China & Functions Asia Pacific; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand Michael Heinz Engineering & Maintenance; Environmental Protection, Health & Safety; European Site & Verbund Management; Human Resources Dr. Markus Kamieth Care Chemicals; Dispersions & Pigments; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; BASF New Business; Region South America Wayne T. 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