Board of Executive Directors There were seven members on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as of December 31, 2018 Dr. Martin Brudermüller Chairman of the Board of Executive DirectorsDegree: Chemistry, 57 years old, 31 years at BASF Responsibilities: 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 First appointed: 2006, term expires: 2023 Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive DirectorsDegree: Law, 59 years old, 31 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) Saori Dubourg Degree: Business Administration, 47 years old, 22 years at BASF Responsibilities: Agricultural Solutions; Construction Chemicals; Bioscience Research; Region Europe First appointed: 2017, term expires: 2020 Sanjeev Gandhi Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 52 years old, 25 years at BASF Responsibilities: Intermediates; Monomers; Petrochemicals; Greater China & Functions Asia Pacific; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand First appointed: 2014, term expires: 2023 Michael Heinz Degree: Business Administration, 54 years old, 35 years at BASF Responsibilities: Engineering & Maintenance; Environmental Protection, Health & Safety; European Site & Verbund Management; Human Resources First appointed: 2011, term expires: 2024 Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairman of the Administrative Council) Dr. Markus Kamieth Degree: Chemistry, 48 years old, 20 years at BASF Responsibilities: Care Chemicals; Dispersions & Pigments; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; BASF New Business; Region South America First appointed: 2017, term expires: 2020 Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:Solenis UK International Ltd. (member of the Board of Directors since February 1, 2019) Wayne T. Smith Degrees: Chemical Engineering, Business Administration, 58 years old, 15 years at BASF Responsibilities: Catalysts; Coatings; Performance Materials; Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America; Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America; Process Research & Chemical Engineering First appointed: 2012, term expires: 2020 The following member left the Board of Executive Directors on May 4, 2018 Dr. Kurt Bock Chairman of the Board of Executive DirectorsDegree: Business Administration, 60 years old, 27 years at BASF First appointed: 2003, term expires: 2018 Supervisory board membership until date of retirement (excluding internal memberships):Fresenius Management SE (member) Division of responsibilities until May 4, 2018 The Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Dr. Kurt Bock retired from the Board of Executive Directors following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 4, 2018. The Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Martin Brudermüller, previously Vice Chairman, as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel as Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors as of this date. In the course of these changes, the number of Board members was reduced from eight to seven. Until May 4, 2018, the areas of responsibility within the Board of Executive Directors were allocated as follows: Dr. Kurt Bock Legal, Taxes, Insurance & Intellectual Property; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Senior Executive Human Resources; Investor Relations; Compliance Dr. Martin Brudermüller Petrochemicals; Monomers; Intermediates; Process Research & Chemical Engineering; Innovation Management; Digitalization in Research & Development; Corporate Technology & Operational Excellence; BASF New Business 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 Dispersions & Pigments; 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; Nutrition & Health; Performance Chemicals; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; Region South America Wayne T. Smith Catalysts; Coatings; Performance Materials; Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America; Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America Division of responsibilities as of January 1, 2019 Dr. Martin Brudermüller Legal, Taxes, Insurance & Intellectual Property; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Senior Executive Human Resources; Investor Relations; Compliance; Corporate Technology & Operational Excellence; Innovation Management Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Catalysts; Coatings; Oil & Gas; Finance; Procurement & Supply Chain Services; Digitalization & Information Services; Corporate Controlling; Corporate Audit Saori Dubourg Agricultural Solutions; Construction Chemicals; Bioscience Research; Region Europe Sanjeev Gandhi Intermediates; Petrochemicals; Greater China & Functions Asia Pacific; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand Michael Heinz Engineering & Technical Expertise; 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. Smith Monomers; Performance Materials; Process Research & Chemical Engineering; Market & Business Development, Site & Verbund Management North America; Regional Functions & Country Platforms North America back next