BASF announces important personnel changes

According to news from BASF Zhanjiang Integration on the evening of November 23, Mr. Marko
Murtonen, 54 years old) will serve as Senior Vice President of BASF, New Integrated Site in China, and General Manager of BASF Integrated Site (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. starting from March 1, 2024. The work location is Zhanjiang, China. He has held a number of important management positions in China, most recently as Senior Vice President of BASF and Managing Director of BASF Petronas Chemicals in Malaysia.

Mr. Ma Chengke was born in Finland and holds master’s degrees in process and chemical engineering from the University of Oulu, Finland, and RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

This is the second important personnel change for BASF in Zhanjiang in recent times.

Previously, on October 19, BASF announced high-level personnel changes decided by the Executive Board, including positions such as President of Asia Large Projects of BASF (China) Co., Ltd.

Klaus Welsch, President Asia Large Projects
Welsch, 60 years old) will retire on December 31, 2023. He will be replaced by Haryono, Senior Vice President of Advanced Projects of the New Integrated Base China.
Lim, 50 years old), Lin Hanping will succeed Kraus as president from January 1, 2024, and will be based in Zhanjiang.