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, 2021. As part of its long-term succession planning and in line with its diversity concept, the Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner as a member of the Board of Executive Directors on December 17, 2020. The Board of Executive Directors therefore temporarily comprised seven members from February 1, 2021, until the departure of Wayne T. Smith as of May 31, 2021. Some of the responsibilities within the Board of Executive Directors were reallocated effective June 1, 2021, as a result of this change.
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 21, 2022) |
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, 60 years old 34 years at BASF |
Corporate Legal, Compliance & Insurance; Corporate Development; Corporate Communications & Government Relations; Corporate Human Resources; Corporate Investor Relations |
2006 |
2023 |
Mercedes-Benz Group AGa (until March 31, 2022: Daimler AG) (member of the Supervisory Board since March 31, 2021) Mercedes-Benz AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG group company)(member of the Supervisory Board since April 22, 2021) |
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Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Degree: Law, 62 years old 34 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 since November 2, 2021; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board until November 1, 2021)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, 50 years old 25 years at BASF |
Agricultural Solutions; Care Chemicals; Nutrition & Health; Europe |
2017 |
2025 |
Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board)b |
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Michael Heinz Degree: MBA, 57 years old 38 years at BASF |
Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; North America; South America |
2011 |
2024 |
Wintershall Dea AG (member of the Supervisory Board)b |
BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairman of the Administrative Council until May 31, 2021) |
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Dr. Markus Kamieth Degree: Chemistry, 51 years old 23 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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Solenis UK International Ltd. (member of the Board of Directors until December 31, 2021) |
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Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner (since February 1, 2021) Degree: Chemistry, 53 years old 25 years at BASF |
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health & Safety; European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Advanced Materials & Systems Research; Bioscience Research; Process Research & Chemical Engineering; BASF New Business |
2021 |
2024 |
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BASF Antwerpen N.V. (Chairwoman of the Administrative Council since June 1, 2021) |
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Wayne T. Smith (until May 31, 2021) Degrees: Chemical Engineering, MBA, 61 years old 17 years at BASF |
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2012 |
2021 |
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Inter Pipeline Ltd. (member of the Board of Directors) |
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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 21, 2022):
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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 |
Fuchs Petrolub SE3 (chair) Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft3 (member) |
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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) |
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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; Chairman of BASF’s Joint 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) Asda Group Limited 4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors since December 1, 2021) EG Group Holdings Limited 4 (non-executive member of the Board of Directors and chair of the audit committee since March 1, 2021) |
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Liming Chen, Beijing, China*1 Chairman IBM Greater China Group |
October 8, 2020 |
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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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Waldemar Helber, Otterbach, Germany*2 Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site |
April 29, 2016 |
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Anke Schäferkordt, Cologne, Germany*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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Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germany2 Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union |
August 1, 2004 |
Steag GmbH4 (member) RAG Aktiengesellschaft3 (vice chair) Henkel AG & Co. KGaA3 (member) Vivawest GmbH4 (member) |
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