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Margret Suckale and Michael Heinz named to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF
Friday 22. October 2010 - The Supervisory Board of BASF SE has announced the following changes to the Board of Executive Directors:
Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011, Margret Suckale and Michael Heinz will be newly named to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. Suckale will become Industrial Relations Director and head of Ressort II, and Heinz will take over as head of Ressort IV.
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 BASFs 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