Kurt Bock

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Kurt Bock (born July 3, 1958 in Rahden ) is a German manager. He was Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF from 2011 to 2018 and President of the German Chemical Industry Association from 2016 to 2018 . He has been Chairman of the BASF Supervisory Board since 2020.

Career

Bock studied business administration in Münster and Cologne as well as at Pennsylvania State University (USA). In 1985 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the title "Corporate Success and Organization" with Horst Albach in Bonn.

Also in 1985 he joined the Finance department at BASF . In 1992 he moved to Bosch . There he initially headed the finance and balance sheet department. He later took over the management of the Brazilian subsidiary. In 1998 he returned to BASF and initially became Chief Financial Officer of the US subsidiary. In 2000 he became head of the logistics & IT department at the BASF parent company . In 2003 he was appointed to the Board of Executive Directors of BASF AG with responsibility for the finance department. In 2007 he also assumed responsibility as Chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation, New Jersey, USA. He has been CEO of BASF since May 6, 2011. At the end of the Annual General Meeting on May 4, 2018, Bock left the Executive Board; It is planned that after the statutory two-year cooling-off period has expired in 2020, he will be elected to the BASF Supervisory Board and become its chairman.

From April 2012 to June 2018 Kurt Bock was a member of the Executive Board of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC). In September 2012 he was elected Chairman of the Board of the Association of the European Chemical Industry . 2013–2014 he headed the International Council of Chemical Associations ICCA. Kurt Bock has been a member of the executive board and presidium of the German Chemical Industry Association since autumn 2012 . He was elected President with effect from September 24, 2016. In accordance with the statutes, his term of office ran for two years until the 2018 general assembly , when he was replaced in this position by Hans Van Bylen .

Bock is married and has a son and two daughters.

He is also a member of the joint advisory board of the Allianz companies and vice-president of the Stifterverband , a joint initiative of companies and foundations that advises, networks and promotes in the areas of education, science and innovation.

Supervisory board mandates

Positions

In March 2013, Bock campaigned internally at BASF to dispense with addressing the doctorate in internal company language and correspondence .

Works

  • 1986: Corporate Success and Organization: An Empirical Research. Dissertation at the University of Bonn. University publication without ISBN. DNB 890416672

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Kurt Bock elected as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BASF SE. Press release. BASF SE, June 18, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Press release from BASF SE  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.basf.com  
  3. ↑ Change of board of directors at BASF: Bock hands over to Brudermüller. Press release. BASF SE, May 4, 2018, accessed May 10, 2018 .
  4. ↑ BASF arranges succession. December 21, 2017, accessed May 6, 2018 .
  5. ↑ a b Invitation to the Annual General Meeting of BASF SE 2020 .
  6. ^ Cefic: BASF boss Kurt Bock new president of the association . In: CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY . October 2, 2012 ( chemietechnik.de [accessed August 9, 2018]).
  7. ^ International Council of Chemical Associations - BASF's Kurt Bock to lead ICCA. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  8. ↑ International Council of Chemical Associations - Welcome note from ICCA President Mark Rohr. Retrieved August 9, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Kurt Bock is the new VCI President - Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV (VCI). In: www.vci.de. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Board of Directors. Retrieved February 6, 2018 .
  11. ↑ BASF employees should refrain from using academic titles. Handelsblatt.de, March 30, 2013, accessed on March 31, 2013 .

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personal data
SURNAME Buck, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Rahden