New CEO appointed for BASF Asia Pacific

May 06, 2015 | 10:52

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BASF Asia Pacific is now led by Sanjeev Gandhi, a senior executive with 22 years of work experience at the German firm.

Since May 1, Gandhi has officially been in charge of BASF’s operations in the Asia Pacific region. For this role, he is currently based in Hong Kong, the firm’s regional headquarter.

Gandhi began his career with BASF in a sales role in India in 1993. He subsequently held a number of management positions in marketing, product management and business management between 2000 and 2010.

From 2010 to 2014, Gandhi was the president of BASF’s Intermediates division, based in Ludwigshafen, Germany. He joined the firm’s board of executive directors in December 2014.

Gandhi holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Chemical Engineering) and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of Pune, India.

Established 150 years ago in Germany, BASF is now a world-renowned chemical company, whose portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products and crop protection products to oil and gas.

The firm strives to create chemical products for a sustanable future, demonstrated through its contributions to ensuring nutrition, conserving resources, and improving quality of life.

For 2014, BASF had sales of over €74 billion ($82.8 billion) and 113,000 employees as of the end of the year. BASF shares are traded on stock exchanges in Frankfurt (BAS), London (BFA) and Zurich (AN).

By By Nam Phuong

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