Ad-hoc | 21 December 2017 09:37

BASF SE: Change in leadership: BASF decides on succession

BASF SE / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
BASF SE: Change in leadership: BASF decides on succession

21-Dec-2017 / 09:37 CET/CEST
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Change in leadership: BASF decides on succession

– Martin Brudermüller to succeed Kurt Bock as Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors in 2018

– Kurt Bock to be proposed for election at the Annual Meeting 2020 as successor to the Chairman of the Supervisory Board

– Hans-Ulrich Engel to become Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors and to remain Chief Financial Officer

– Board of Executive Directors to consist of seven instead of eight members

Ludwigshafen, Germany – December 21, 2017 – Effective at the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 4, 2018, Dr. Martin Brudermüller (56), currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, will become Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. The Supervisory Board appointed Brudermüller in its meeting today. Brudermüller will succeed Dr. Kurt Bock (59), who is BASF’s Chairman since 2011 and has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since 2003. This change will allow Bock to be elected as a member and chair of BASF’s Supervisory Board in 2020 after the end of the statutory two-years cooling-off period.

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Engel (58) was appointed as new Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board extended the appointments of Brudermüller, Engel and Sanjeev Gandhi (51) to the Board of Executive Directors by five years until the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting 2023. In the course of the changes, the number of Board members will be reduced from eight to seven in May 2018.

The change next year is part of the long-term succession planning for the Supervisory Board and the Board of Executive Directors of BASF. During the past seven years, Kurt Bock has successfully shaped the company and developed it further. The Supervisory Board has asked him to stand for election to the Supervisory Board in 2020, so that the company can continue to benefit from his expertise and experience. With Martin Brudermüller, the Supervisory Board is convinced, to again name a very competent and experienced successor from within the company.

Brudermüller was appointed as Vice Chairman in 2011. In addition, he is Chief Technology Officer of BASF SE. Brudermüller has been a member of the Board of Executive Directors since 2006. During this time, he was among others responsible for the Asia Pacific region headquartered in Hong Kong.

Engel became a member of the Board of Executive Directors in 2008 and was among others responsible for the region North America headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. Since 2011 he is Chief Financial Officer of BASF SE.

Contact

Anke Schmidt

Corporate Communications and Government Relations

+49 621-60-42023

anke.schmidt@basf.com

Dr. Stefanie Wettberg

Investor Relations

+49 621-60-48002

stefanie.wettberg@basf.com

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Language:	English
Company:	BASF SE
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