Awards & Recognition
★President of Cefic (European Chemical Industry Council) effective January 2026
★Chair of International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) 2026
★Member of Board of Executive Directors since 2017
Notable Facts
→CEO of BASF SE since April 2024
→BASF is the world's largest chemical company
→Previously led BASF's Asia operations from Hong Kong since 2020
→PhD in organic chemistry from University of Essen
→Board member at BASF since 2017
→Overseeing $10 billion Zhanjiang complex in China
→Born in Dinslaken, Germany in 1970
→Joined BASF in 1999