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, 2025. On July 24, 2025, the Supervisory Board extended the appointment of Chief Financial Officer Dr. Dirk Elvermann and Board member Dr. Stephan Kothrade, which will expire at the end of the 2026 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, until the end of the 2031 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and the 2028 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. As part of long-term succession planning, the Supervisory Board also appointed Dr. Mary Kurian and Dr. Livio Tedeschi as new members of the Board of Executive Directors on October 28, 2025, effective as of May 1, 2026. The mandate on the Board of Executive Directors of Michael Heinz will end as planned at the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 30, 2026.
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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 |
Corporate Development; Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Investor Relations |
2017 |
2029 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Dirk Elvermann |
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement |
2023 |
2031 |
– |
Harbour Energy plca (Nonexecutive Director) |
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Michael Heinz |
Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Agricultural Solutions; Region South America |
2011 |
2026 |
– |
– |
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Anup Kothari |
Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals; Coatings; Battery Materials; Environmental Catalyst & Metal Solutions; Region North America |
2024 |
2027 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Stephan Kothrade |
Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Performance Materials; Monomers; Group Research; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia/New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia |
2023 |
2028 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel |
European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; Region Europe, Middle East, Africa |
2024 |
2027 |
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BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board) |
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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 the 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 February 23, 2026):
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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, Maxdorf, 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 |
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Elettronica SpAe (controlled interest of Leonardo SpA; member until May 21, 2025); Leonardo Global Solutions SpAe (controlled interest of Leonardo SpA; member from May 20, 2025 to November 30, 2025) |
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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 until August 31, 2025); Solventum Germany GmbHe (member); Henkel AG & Co. KGaAd (member since January 31, 2025) |
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Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germanyc |
August 1, 2004 |
Steag GmbHe (Vice Chairman); RAG Aktiengesellschafte (Vice Chairman); RWE AGd (Vice Chairman since April 30, 2025); Henkel AG & Co. KGaAd (member); Vivawest GmbHe (member) |
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Tamara Weinert, Mannheim, Germanya,b |
April 25, 2024 |
– |
– |
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Peter Zaman, Antwerp, Belgiuma,c |
April 29, 2022 |
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– |
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