Management and Supervisory Boards
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Board of Executive Directors
There were six members on the Board of Executive Directors as of December 31, 2024. Dr. Markus Kamieth succeeded Dr. Martin Brudermüller as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors on conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024. Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel succeeded Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner as a member of the Board of Executive Directors, effective as of February 1, 2024. Anup Kothari was appointed as an additional member of the Board of Executive Directors, effective as of March 1, 2024.
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Responsibilities |
First appointed |
Term expires |
Supervisory board mandates within the meaning of section 100(2) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) |
Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies |
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Dr. Markus Kamieth |
Until February 29, 2024: |
2017 |
2029 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Dirk Elvermann |
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; |
2023 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea GmbH, until September 23, 2024: Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board; until October 28, 2024)a |
Harbour Energy plcb (nonexecutive director; since September 3, 2024) |
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Michael Heinz |
Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; North America; South America |
2011 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea GmbH, until September 23, 2024: Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board; until October 28, 2024)a |
– |
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Anup Kothari |
Catalysts; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals |
2024 |
2027 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Stephan Kothrade |
Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; |
2023 |
2026 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel |
European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; Europe |
2024 |
2027 |
BASF Coatings GmbH (member of the Supervisory Board until April 29, 2024)a, |
BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board; since February 1, 2024) |
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Dr. Martin Brudermüller |
Corporate Development; Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Investor Relations; Senior Project Net Zero Accelerator |
2006 |
2024 |
Mercedes-Benz Group AGb (member of the Supervisory Board until May 7, 2024; Chairman of the Supervisory Board since May 8, 2024); |
Accenture plcb |
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Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner |
European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality |
2021 |
2024 |
– |
BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board; until January 31, 2024) |
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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 April 25, 2024, 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 third complete business year after the term of office commenced; this is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 28, 2028. At its meeting on November 30, 2023, the BASF Europa Betriebsrat (BASF Works Council Europe) unanimously reelected the six employee representatives on the Supervisory Board for the term of office beginning at the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024. The Supervisory Board comprises the following members (as of March 17, 2025):
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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, Germanya, b |
June 18, 2020 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaftd (Vice Chairman, Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Personnel and Nomination Committees) |
– |
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Stuttgart, Germanya, b |
April 29, 2022 |
Robert Bosch GmbHe (Chairman) |
Stadler Rail AGd (independent, nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors) |
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Sinischa Horvat, Limburgerhof, Germanya, c |
May 12, 2017 |
– |
– |
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, Munich, Germanya, b |
May 3, 2019 |
– |
– |
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Liming Chen, Beijing, Chinaa, b |
October 8, 2020 |
– |
ACWA Power Company SJSCd (nonexecutive independent Board member since January 5, 2025) |
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Tatjana Diether, Limburgerhof, Germanya, c |
May 4, 2018 |
– |
– |
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Alessandra Genco, Rome, Italya, b |
April 29, 2022 |
– |
Elettronica SpAe (controlled interest of Leonardo SpA) |
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André Matta, Großkarlbach, Germanya, c |
April 29, 2022 |
– |
– |
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Natalie Mühlenfeld, Düsseldorf, Germanya, c |
April 29, 2022 |
3M Deutschland GmbHe (member); |
– |
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Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germanyc |
August 1, 2004 |
Steag GmbHe (member); |
– |
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Tamara Weinert, Fairhope, Alabamaa, b |
April 25, 2024 |
– |
– |
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Peter Zaman, Antwerp, Belgiuma, c |
April 29, 2022 |
– |
– |
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Members of the Supervisory Board who stepped down from the Supervisory Board on April 25, 2024: |
May 2, 2014 |
– |
Zurich Insurance Group AGd (independent, nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors until April 11, 2024); Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Zurich Insurance Group AG group company)e (independent, nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors until April 11, 2024); PACCAR Inc.d (independent member of the Board of Directors); Coller Capital Ltd.e (nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors); Asda Group Limitede (nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee); EG Group Holdings Limitede (nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee) |
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