Margret Suckale and Michael Heinz named to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF
Effective at the same time, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel will become Chief Financial Officer and will be responsible for Ressort III. He will be located in the United States. Dr. Harald Schwager will succeed Engel as head of Ressort V.
As previously announced, Dr. Kurt Bock will succeed Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors. Hambrecht and Dr. John Feldmann, member of the Board, are retiring at the end of the Annual Meeting in 2011.
The new responsibilities on BASF’s board will take effect at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011:
Dr. Kurt Bock (52), Chairman, Ressort I (Legal, Taxes & Insurance, Strategic Planning & Controlling, Communications & Government Relations, Executive Management & Development, Investor Relations, Compliance)
Margret Suckale (54), Industrial Relations Director, Ressort II (Human Resources, Environment, Health & Safety, Verbund Site Management Europe, Engineering & Maintenance)
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel (51), Chief Financial Officer, Ressort III located in North America (Finance, Catalysts, Information Services, Corporate Controlling, Corporate Audit, Market & Business Development North America, Regional Functions North America)
Michael Heinz (46), Ressort IV (Dispersions & Pigments, Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health, Paper Chemicals, Performance Chemicals, Polymer Research)
Dr. Harald Schwager (50), Ressort V (Oil & Gas, Europe, Construction Chemicals, Global Procurement & Logistics)
Dr. Andreas Kreimeyer (55), Research Executive Director, Ressort VI (Inorganics, Petrochemicals, Intermediates, Chemicals Research & Engineering, BASF Future Business)
Dr. Stefan Marcinowski (57), Ressort VII (Crop Protection, Coatings, South America, Specialty Chemicals Research, BASF Plant Science)
Dr. Martin Brudermüller (49), Vice Chairman, Ressort VIII located in Asia (Performance Polymers, Polyurethanes, Styrolution, Market & Business Development Asia Pacific, Regional Functions & Country Management Asia Pacific)
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