Supervisory Board

In accordance with the Statutes, the Supervisory Board of BASF SE comprises 12 members

The term of office of the Supervisory Board commenced following the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on May 2, 2014, in which the shareholder representatives on the Supervisory Board were elected. It terminates upon conclusion of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that resolves on the discharge of members of the Supervisory Board for the fourth complete business year after the term of office commenced; this is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting in 2019. The Supervisory Board comprises the following members:

Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany*1

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Former Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE (until May 2011)

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Supervisory board memberships:

Fuchs Petrolub SE (chairman)
Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG (chairman)
Daimler AG (member)

Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:

Nyxoah S.A. (nonexecutive director until December 31, 2017)

Michael Diekmann, Munich, Germany*1

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 6, 2003

Supervisory board memberships:

Allianz SE (chairman since May 7, 2017)
Fresenius Management SE (member)
Fresenius SE & CO. KGaA (vice chairman)
Linde AG (vice chairman until May 10, 2017)
Siemens AG (member)

Sinischa Horvat, Limburgerhof, Germany*2

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE, Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site; Chairman of BASF’s Joint Works Council and of the BASF Works Council Europe

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 12, 2017

Ralf-Gerd Bastian, Neuhofen, Germany*2

Member of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 6, 2003

Dame Alison Carnwath DBE, Exeter, England*1

Senior Advisor Evercore Partners

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:

Zurich Insurance Group AG (independent, nonexecutive member of the Administrative Council)
Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (independent, nonexecutive member of the Administrative Council)
Land Securities Group plc (nonexecutive Chairman of the Board of Directors)
PACCAR Inc. (independent member of the Board of Directors)
Coller Capital Ltd. (nonexecutive member of the Board of Directors)

Prof. Dr. François Diederich, Dietikon, Switzerland1

Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 19, 1998

Franz Fehrenbach, Stuttgart, Germany*1

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH

Member of the Supervisory Board since: January 14, 2008

Supervisory board memberships:

Robert Bosch GmbH (chairman)
Stihl AG (vice chairman)
Linde AG (second deputy chairman)

Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:

Stihl Holding AG & Co. KG (member of the Advisory Board)

Francesco Grioli, Ronnenberg, Germany*2

Member of the Executive Committee of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union

Member of the Supervisory Board since: May 2, 2014

Supervisory board memberships:

Gerresheimer AG (vice chairman)
Villeroy & Boch AG (member)
Steag New Energies GmbH (vice chairman)
V & B Fliesen GmbH (member)

Waldemar Helber, Otterbach, Germany*2

Deputy Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site

Member of the Supervisory Board since: April 29, 2016

Anke Schäferkordt, Cologne, Germany*1

Member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Co-Chief Executive Officer of RTL Group S.A. (until April 19, 2017)
Chief Executive Officer of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland GmbH

Member of the Supervisory Board since: December 17, 2010

Comparable German and non-German supervisory bodies:

Métropole Télévision S.A. (member of the Supervisory Board)

Denise Schellemans, Brecht, Belgium*2

Full-time trade union delegate

Member of the Supervisory Board since: January 14, 2008

Michael Vassiliadis, Hannover, Germany*2

Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industries Union

Member of the Supervisory Board since: August 1, 2004

Supervisory board memberships:

K+S Aktiengesellschaft (vice chairman)
Steag GmbH (member)
RAG AG (vice chairman)
RAG DSK AG (vice chairman)

The following member left the Supervisory Board on May 12, 2017

Robert Oswald, Altrip, Germany*2

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE; Chairman of the Works Council of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen Site; Chairman of BASF’s Joint Work Council

Member of the Supervisory Board since: October 1, 2000

* Classified by the Supervisory Board as an “independent” member of the Supervisory Board (see Competence profile, diversity concept and objectives for the composition of the Supervisory Board for the criteria used to determine independence)

1 Shareholder representative
2 Employee representative