P279e BASF's Supervisory Board extends appointment of three Board members
The press release dated July 23, 2019 announces that BASF SE’s Supervisory Board has extended the terms of three members of the Board of Executive Directors: Saori Dubourg and Markus Kamieth, whose appointments now run until the end of the 2025 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, and Wayne T. Smith, whose term is extended to the end of the 2022 Annual Shareholders' Meeting. The document outlines each executive’s portfolio of responsibilities—Dubourg oversees Agricultural Solutions, Construction Chemicals, Bioscience Research and Europe; Kamieth manages Dispersions & Pigments, Care Chemicals, Nutrition & Health, Performance Chemicals, Advanced Materials & Systems Research, New Business and South America; Smith, Chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation, is responsible for Monomers, Performance Materials, Process Research & Chemical Engineering, Market & Business Development, North American sites and regional functions. It provides a link to the full curricula vitae, contact details for BASF’s press office, and a corporate boilerplate describing BASF’s mission, employee base, business segments, 2018 sales, and stock listings.
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Extension of Executive Board Tenures to 2025 and 2022
Details the Supervisory Board’s decision to prolong the appointments of Dubourg, Kamieth, and Smith, including the new end dates aligned with upcoming Annual Shareholders' Meetings.
Saori Dubourg’s Portfolio: Agricultural Solutions, Construction Chemicals, Bioscience Research & Europe
Outlines Dubourg’s areas of responsibility within BASF, highlighting her leadership over key product segments and the European region.
Markus Kamieth’s Portfolio: Dispersions, Care Chemicals, Nutrition, Advanced Materials & South America
Summarizes Kamieth’s oversight of multiple divisions and the South American market, emphasizing his broad operational scope.
Wayne T. Smith’s Portfolio: North American Operations and Corporate Leadership
Describes Smith’s role as Chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation, covering his responsibility for monomers, performance materials, process research, market development, and North American site management.
BASF Corporate Overview and Sustainability Positioning
Provides the boilerplate about BASF’s mission to create chemistry for a sustainable future, its employee count, business segments, 2018 sales figures, and stock listings.