Kurt Bock becomes new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE
Effective at the end of the Annual Meeting on May 6, 2011, Dr. Kurt Bock (right) becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. He succeeds Dr. Juergen Hambrecht, who has been Chairman since 2003 and is now retiring.
- (1888PressRelease) May 07, 2011 - Kurt Bock (52) started his career at BASF in the Finance department in Ludwigshafen, Germany, in 1985. From 1992 until 1997 he worked for Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart, Germany, and Brazil. In 1998, he returned to BASF as Chief Financial Officer of the BASF’s North American subsidiary and he became President of Logistics & Information Services for BASF in Ludwigshafen in 2000. Bock was named to BASF's Board of Executive Directors as Chief Financial Officer in 2003 and since 2007 he was also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BASF Corporation based in New Jersey. He is married and has three children.
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BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and agricultural products to oil and gas. As a reliable partner BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of about €63.9 billion in 2010 and had approximately 109,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN). Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com or in its Social Media Newsroom at newsroom.basf.com.
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