The Supervisory Board of BASF SE today appointed Dr. Mary Kurian (48) and Dr. Livio Tedeschi (54) as members of the Board of Executive Directors effective May 1, 2026. At the same time, Michael Heinz (61) will retire as planned.

Dr. Kurian was born in India. After obtaining a PhD in Materials Science in 2004, she held various leadership positions at Air Products in the United States and joined BASF in the United States in the year 2020. Since 2023, she has been heading BASF’s Care Chemicals division located in Ludwigshafen.  Dr. Kurian will be in charge of Petrochemicals, Intermediates, Nutrition & Health and Care Chemicals.

Dr. Tedeschi will also join the Board of Executive Directors on May 1, 2026, and assume responsibility for the Agricultural Solutions segment. The native Italian has been leading the Agricultural Solutions division, located in Limburgerhof, Germany, since 2022. He joined BASF after completing a PhD in Organic Chemistry in 2003 and had various leadership positions with a focus on crop protection since that time. Regarding the planned partial IPO of the Agricultural Solutions division, he will assume responsibility for this segment with a new Board Ressort and continue to lead the business.  Dr. Tedeschi will see Agricultural Solutions.