BASF announces another top-level personnel change

On October 31, BASF announced that Daniel, Senior Vice President of Battery Substrates and Recycling
Dr. Schönfelder (47) will be responsible for the Catalysts business unit in Mannheim, Germany, from January 1, 2024, as President, succeeding Dr. Peter Schumacher (58), who will retire on December 31, 2023. .

Dr. Daniel Schönfelder

Daniel
Schönfelder was born in Munich, Germany in 1976. He studied chemistry at the Technical University of Munich in Germany and received a professional degree in 2001. After receiving his PhD in chemistry in 2004, he entered BASF in the same year. His resume is as follows:

In 2023, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Senior Vice President of Battery Substrates and Recycling Business of BASF Catalyst Division;

In 2019, Vice President of European and Global Sales, Battery Materials, BASF Catalyst Division, Ludwigshafen, Germany;

In 2017, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Head of South America Business Unit of BASF Performance Materials Division;

In 2014, Singapore, Deputy Director of Business Management and Construction Department, Asia Pacific, BASF Performance Materials Division;

In 2012, Hong Kong, China, regional head of the Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing Department of BASF Polyurethane Division East Asia Headquarters;

2008, Global Strategy Manager of BASF TPU and CASE Division in Brussels, Belgium;

2004, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Researcher on Dendritic and Hyperbranched Polymers, Global Polymer Research Division, BASF.