Management and Supervisory Boards
Board of Executive Directors 2023
There were six members on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE as of December 31, 2023. On March 1, 2023, Dr. Stephan Kothrade succeeded Saori Dubourg, who stepped down on February 28, 2023, as a member of the Board of Executive Directors. Dr. Dirk Elvermann succeeded Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Digital Officer on conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 27, 2023.
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Responsibilities (in the 2023 business year) |
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. Martin Brudermüller |
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 |
– |
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Dr. Dirk Elvermann |
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement |
2023 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
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Michael Heinz |
Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; North America; South America |
2011 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
– |
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Dr. Markus Kamieth |
Catalysts; Coatings; Dispersions & Resins; Performance Chemicals; Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia / New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia |
2017 |
2029 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Stephan Kothrade |
Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Europe |
2023 |
2026 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner |
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Group Research; BASF Venture Capital |
2021 |
2024 |
– |
BASF Antwerpen N.V. |
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Saori Dubourg |
Monomers; Performance Materials; Petrochemicals; Intermediates; Europe |
2017 |
2023 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
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Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel |
Corporate Finance; Corporate Audit; Corporate Taxes & Duties; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement |
2008 |
2023 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
Nord Stream AG (member of the Shareholders’ Committee) |
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Board of Executive Directors 2024
On December 20, 2023, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE resolved the following personnel changes on the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE: Dr. Markus Kamieth succeeds 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 succeeds Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner as a member of the Board of Executive Directors, effective as of February 1, 2024. Anup Kothari is appointed as an additional member of the Board of Executive Directors, effective as of March 1, 2024.
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Responsibilities (in the 2024 business year) |
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. Martin Brudermüller |
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 |
Accenture plca |
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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; Global Business Services; Global Digital Services; Global Procurement; BASF Venture Capital |
2023 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
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Michael Heinz |
Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; North America; South America |
2011 |
2026 |
Wintershall Dea AG |
– |
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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; Europe (until January 31, 2024); Group Research as of March 1, 2024: Greater China; South & East Asia, ASEAN & Australia / New Zealand; Mega Projects Asia |
2023 |
2026 |
– |
– |
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Dr. Katja Scharpwinkel |
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services; Europe |
2024 |
2027 |
BASF Coatings GmbH |
BASF Antwerpen N.V. |
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Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner |
Corporate Environmental Protection, Health, Safety & Quality; European Site & Verbund Management; Global Engineering Services |
2021 |
2024 |
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BASF Antwerpen N.V. |
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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. At its meeting on November 30, 2023, the BASF Europa Betriebsrat (European Works Council) unanimously reelected the six current employee representatives on the Supervisory Board. Their term of office commences following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 25, 2024. The Supervisory Board comprises the following members (as of February 19, 2024):
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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 |
June 18, 2020 |
Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft3 (member and Chairman of the Audit Committee) |
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Prof. Dr. Stefan Asenkerschbaumer, Stuttgart, Germany*1 |
April 29, 2022 |
Robert Bosch GmbH4 (chair) |
Stadler Rail AG3 (independent, nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors) |
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Sinischa Horvat, Limburgerhof, Germany*2 |
May 12, 2017 |
– |
– |
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Prof. Dr. Thomas Carell, Munich, Germany*1 |
May 3, 2019 |
– |
– |
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Dame Alison Carnwath DBE, Exeter, England*1 |
May 2, 2014 |
– |
Zurich Insurance Group AG3 (independent, nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors) |
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Liming Chen, Beijing, China*1 |
October 8, 2020 |
– |
– |
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Tatjana Diether, Limburgerhof, Germany*2 |
May 4, 2018 |
– |
– |
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Alessandra Genco, Rome, Italy*1 |
April 29, 2022 |
– |
Elettronica SpA4 (controlled interest of Leonardo SpA) |
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André Matta, Großkarlbach, Germany*2 |
April 29, 2022 |
– |
– |
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Natalie Mühlenfeld, Düsseldorf, Germany*2 |
April 29, 2022 |
3M Deutschland GmbH4 (member) |
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Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germany2 |
August 1, 2004 |
Steag GmbH4 (member) |
– |
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Peter Zaman, Antwerp, Belgium*2 |
April 29, 2022 |
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– |
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