Management and Supervisory Boards
Board of Executive Directors
There were six members on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as of December 31, 2022. On October 20, 2022, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE extended the appointment of Dr. Martin Brudermüller as BASF’s Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors until the end of the 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting; Brudermüller’s appointment was originally scheduled to end in 2023. In addition, the Supervisory Board has appointed Dr. Dirk Elvermann as the new Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer within the framework of long-term succession planning. He succeeds Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel, whose mandate ends at the closing of the 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. In addition, some of the responsibilities within the Board departments of Saori Dubourg and Michael Heinz were reallocated effective March 1, 2022.
The composition of the Board of Executive Directors and the responsibilities of individual members are as follows:
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Responsibilities (as of February 20, 2023) |
First appointed |
Term expires |
Supervisory board mandates within the meaning of section 100(2) of the German Stock Corporation Act |
Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies |
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Dr. Martin Brudermüller Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Degree: Chemistry, 61 years old 35 years at BASF |
Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Investor Relations; Senior Project Net Zero Accelerator |
2006 |
2024 |
Mercedes-Benz Group AGa (member of ther Supervisory Board) Mercedes-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG group company) (member of the Supervisory Board) |
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Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Degree: Law, 63 years old 35 years at BASF |
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement |
2008 |
2023 |
Wintershall Dea AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)b Wintershall AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)b |
Nord Stream AG (member of the Shareholders’ Committee) |
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Saori Dubourg Degree: Business, 51 years old 26 years at BASF |
Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Europe |
2017 |
2025 |
Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board)b |
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Michael Heinz Degree: MBA, 58 years old 39 years at BASF |
Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; North America; South America |
2011 |
2024 |
Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board)b |
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Dr. Markus Kamieth Degree: Chemistry, 52 years old 24 years at BASF |
Catalysts; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia |
2017 |
2025 |
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Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner Degree: Chemistry, 54 years old 26 years at BASF |
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Group Research; BASF New Business |
2021 |
2024 |
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BASF Antwerpen NV (Chairwoman of the Administrative Council) |
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Supervisory Board
In accordance with the Statutes, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE comprises 12 members. The term of office of the Supervisory Board commenced following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 3, 2019, in which the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were elected. In accordance with the applicable article of the Statutes as of the date of election, it terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that resolves on the discharge of members of the Supervisory Board for the fourth complete business year after the term of office commenced; this is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024.
The Supervisory Board comprises the following members (as of February 20, 2023):
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Member of the Supervisory Board since |
Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany |
Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises |
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Dr. Kurt Bock, Heidelberg, Germany*1 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (until May 2018) |
June 18, 2020 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft3 (member) Fuchs Petrolub SE3 (until May 3, 2022) (chair) |
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Stuttgart, Germany*1 Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE Managing Partner, Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG (RBIK) Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH |
April 29, 2022 |
Robert Bosch GmbH4 (chair) |
Stadler Rail AG3 (independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors since May 5, 2022) |
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Sinischa Horvat, Limburgerhof, Germany*2 Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, of the BASF Group Works Council, and of the BASF Works Council Europe |
May 12, 2017 |
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, Munich, Germany*1 Professor of Organic Chemistry at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
May 3, 2019 |
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Dame Alison Carnwath DBE, Exeter, England*1 Senior Advisor, Evercore Partners |
May 2, 2014 |
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Zurich Insurance Group AG3 (independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors) Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Zurich Insurance Group AG group company)4 (independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors) PACCAR Inc.3 (independent member of the Board of Directors) Coller Capital Ltd.4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors) Broadwell Capital Limited4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors until June 6, 2022) Asda Group Limited4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors) EG Group Holdings Limited4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors and chair of the audit committee) |
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Liming Chen, Beijing, China*1 World Economic Forum Greater China Chair |
October 8, 2020 |
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– The following mandates each until IBM China Investment Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) IBM (China) Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) IBM Global Services (DaLian) Company Limited4 (chair, intragroup membership) IBM Solution and Services (ShenZhen) Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) IBM Financing and Leasing Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) IBM Factoring (China) Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) Inspur Power Commercial Systems Company Ltd.4 (chair, intragroup membership) |
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Tatjana Diether, Limburgerhof, Germany*2 Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, and member of the BASF Works Council Europe |
May 4, 2018 |
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Alessandra Genco, Rome, Italy*1 Chief Financial Officer of Leonardo SpA |
April 29, 2022 |
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Elettronica SpA4 (controlled interest of Leonardo SpA) |
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André Matta, Großkarlbach, Germany*2 Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site, and member of the BASF Works Council Europe |
April 29, 2022 |
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Natalie Mühlenfeld, Düsseldorf, Germany*2 District Manager of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union for the Düsseldorf district |
April 29, 2022 |
3M Deutschland GmbH4 (member) Axalta Coating Systems Germany GmbH & Co. KG4 (vice chair) |
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Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germany2 Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union |
August 1, 2004 |
Steag GmbH4 (member) RAG Aktiengesellschaft4 (vice chair) Henkel AG & Co. KGaA3 (member) Vivawest GmbH4 (member) |
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Peter Zaman, Antwerp, Belgium*2 Deputy Secretary of the Works Council of BASF Antwerpen NV |
April 29, 2022 |
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Members of the Supervisory Board in the 2022 business year who stepped down from the Supervisory Board on April 29, 2022: |
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Franz Fehrenbach, Stuttgart, Germany1 Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH (until December 31, 2021) |
January 14, 2008 |
Robert Bosch GmbH4 (chair until December 31, 2021) Stihl AG (Stihl Holding AG & Co. KG group company)3 (vice chair) |
Stihl Holding AG & Co. KG4 (member of the Advisory Board) Linde plc3 (member of the Board of Directors until March 1, 2022) |
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Waldemar Helber, Otterbach, Germany*2 Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site |
April 29, 2016 |
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Anke Schäferkordt, Berlin*1 Member of the Supervisory Board |
December 17, 2010 |
Serviceplan Group Management SE4 (partner with unlimited liability of Serviceplan Group SE & Co. KG) (member) Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft3 (member) |
Wayfair Inc.3 (non-executive director) |
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Denise Schellemans, Brecht, Belgium2 Full-time trade union delegate |
January 14, 2008 |
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Roland Strasser, Riedstadt, Germany*2 Regional Manager of the Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland branch of IG BCE |
May 4, 2018 |
AbbVie Komplementär GmbH4 (member) V & B Fliesen GmbH4 (member) Villeroy & Boch AG3 (member) |
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