• STEADY RISE
• A SHAMEFUL CORPORATE PAST
• A NEW CENTURY: PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
• TESTS AND CHALLENGES
• SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

Chairman, BASF

Nationality: German.

Born: 1946, in Reutlingen, Germany.

Education: University of Tübingen, PhD, 1975.

Career: BASF, 1976–1985, chemist; Lacke und Farben, 1985–1990, head of research and purchasing; 1990–1995, president of Engineering Plastics Division; BASF, 1995–2002, president of East Asia Division; 2002–, chairman.

Address: BASF, ZOI-D 100, D-67056 Ludwigshafen, Germany; http://www.corporate.basf.com.

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