BASF announces personnel changes
Chemicals and plastics company BASF has announced a number of personnel changes.
Gabriel Tanbourgi, President of the Care Chemicals division, will retire on 31 December. Hans-W Reiners, who is currently President of the Performance Chemicals division, will take over Tanbourgi's role from 1 January, 2015.
In addition, Professor Christian Fischer, President, Advanced Materials & Systems Research, will take on the responsibility for the Performance Chemicals division on 1 January, while Dr Harald Lauke, President, Biological & Effect Systems Research, will take over from Fischer.
Also on 1 January, Dr Peter Eckes, President, Plant Science, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, will assume responsibility for the new research division, Bioscience Research, Research Triangle Park.
Finally, on 1 December, Dr Stefan Blank, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of BASF New Business, Ludwigshafen, will become President of the Intermediates division, Ludwigshafen. The current head of 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.
