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Personnel Changes at BASF

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By: KERRY PIANOFORTE

Editor, Coatings World

The Board of Executive Directors of BASF has made several personnel changes

Gabriel Tanbourgi, president of the Care Chemicals division, will retire effective December 31, 2014. He will be succeeded by
Hans-W. Reiners, who is currently president of the Performance Chemicals division, effective January 1, 2015.

Prof. Dr. Christian Fischer, president, Advanced Materials & Systems Research, will assume responsibility for the Performance Chemicals division effective January 1, 2015. Dr. Harald Lauke, president, Biological & Effect Systems Research, will succeed Fischer at the same time.

Dr. Peter Eckes, president, Plant Science, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, will assume responsibility for the new research division, Bioscience Research, Research Triangle Park, as of January 1, 2015.

Dr. Stefan Blank, senior vice president and managing director of BASF New Business, Ludwigshafen, will become president of the Intermediates division, Ludwigshafen, effective December 1, 2014. The current head of the division, Sanjeev Gandhi, has been appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE. Dr.  Guido Voit, senior vice president, Intermediates Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia RHQ Ltd., Hong Kong, will succeed Blank as head of BASF New Business at the same time.

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