Harald Schwager

Dr. Harald Schwager
Member and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board
May 14, 1960, born in Speyer, Germany

Education

1979-1984

Degree in chemistry, Karlsruhe University

1986

Doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.), Max Planck Institute, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Career

1986-1987

Postdoc research, University of California, Berkeley, USA

1988-1990

Polypropylene catalyst research, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

1990-1994

Polypropylene applied technology, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

1994-1997

Polyvinylchloride marketing and sales, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

1998-1999

Head of Business Unit VC/PVC, BASF Belgium, Brussels, Belgium

1999-2003

Managing Director of SolVin GmbH & Co. KG, Solvay S.A. and BASF AG, Brussels, Belgium

2003-2005

President of Inorganics Division, BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

2006

Plant Manager of Integrated Production Site Ludwigshafen, BASF AG

2007

President of Integrated Site Management Europe, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

2008-2017

Member of the Board of Executive Directors at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

Since September 1
2017

Member and Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, responsible for chemicals and innovation, Evonik Industries AG, Essen

Memberships

a)

Evonik Operations GmbH (Chair)

Currenta Geschäftsführungs-GmbH

b)

DEKRA e. V.

KSB Management SE

a) Membership of other statutory supervisory boards
b) Membership of comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises pursuant to Section 125 Paragraph 1 Sentence 5 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)