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BASF Corporation Appoints Wayne T. Smith as its New Chairman and CEO

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By: KERRY PIANOFORTE

Editor, Coatings World, Coatings World

Wayne T. Smith has been appointed the new chairman and chief executive ffficer of BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey. He succeeds Hans Engel, who as chief financial officer for BASF SE, will relocate to the company’s global headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and assume additional responsibilities on BASF’s Board of Executive Directors.

Smith began his career at BASF in 2004 as Group vice president for the Regional Intermediates Business Unit in the United States. In 2006, he was named president of the Catalysts division and executive vice president, BASF Corporation. He became resident of the company’s Polyurethanes division in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010 and was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE in 2012. In addition to his role as CEO and Chairman of BASF Corporation, Smith will have global responsibility for the Catalysts, Coatings and Performance Materials divisions.

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