BASF SE (BFFAF)

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BASF SE

Carl-Bosch-Strasse 38
Ludwigshafen am Rhein 67056
Germany
49 621 60 0
https://www.basf.com

Sector(s): Basic Materials
Industry: Chemicals
Full-time employees: 112,085

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Dr. Martin Brudermuller	Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors & CEO	5.19M	N/A	1961
Mr. Michael Heinz	Member of the Board of Executive Directors	3.08M	N/A	1964
Dr. Markus Kamieth	Member of the Board of Executive Directors	3.16M	N/A	1970
Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner	CTO & Member of Executive Directors	2.9M	N/A	1969
Detlef Kratz	President	N/A	N/A	1962
Dr. Dirk Elvermann	Member of the Board of Executive Directors, CFO & Chief Digital Officer	N/A	N/A	1972
Dr. Stephan Kothrade	President of Intermediates & Member of the Board of Executive Directors	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Christian-Matthias Jutzi	Senior VP of Mobile Emissions Catalysts & President of Corporate Finance	N/A	N/A	1977
Mr. Stefan Beckmann	Senior VP of Global Process/Enterprise Architecture & Region Europe and Chief Information Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A
Dr. Stefanie Wettberg	Senior Vice President of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	1973

Amounts are as of 31 December 2022, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

BASF SE operates as a chemical company worldwide. It operates through six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions. The Chemicals segment provides petrochemicals and intermediates. The Materials segment offers advanced materials and their precursors for applications and systems, such as isocyanates, polyamides, and inorganic basic products, as well as specialties for plastics and plastics processing industries. The Industrial Solutions segment develops and markets ingredients and additives for industrial applications, such as polymer dispersions, resins, additives, electronic materials, and antioxidants for automotive, plastics, paints and coatings, electronics, and energy and resource industries. The Surface Technologies segment provides chemical solutions and automotive OEM, which include refinish coatings, surface treatment, catalysts, battery materials, and precious and base metal services for the automotive and chemical sectors. The Nutrition & Care segment offers ingredients for consumer goods in the areas of nutrition, home, personal care, and technical applications; and serves the food and feed producers, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, detergents, cleaners, and crop protection industries. The Agricultural Solutions segment provides seeds and seed treatment products, as well as fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, and biological solutions; and digital farming solutions. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.

Corporate governance

BASF SE’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 December 2023 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 3; Board: 4; Shareholder rights: 1; Compensation: 3.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.