Martin Brudermüller


Martin Brudermüller is a German businessman, and the CEO of BASF since 2018.

Early life

Brudermüller was born in Stuttgart in 1961. He earned a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1985 and 1987 respectively. He did postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley, US.

Career

Brudermüller joined BASF in 1988 and worked as a chemist in the ammonia laboratory. In 1993, he moved to the New Business Development / Marketing division in the Intermediates division. In 1995 he was delegated to BASF Italia Spa, Milan, as Head of Marketing and Sales Pharma Intermediates. From 1997 he was staff to the vice chairman of the board. After working as productions director for fat-soluble vitamins in the Fine Chemicals division from 1999, he was promoted in the following years to Senior Vice President Strategic Planning BASF Group and President Functional Polymers Division. Since 2006 he is member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF Aktiengesellschaft.
In 2011, he became Vice Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE and since 2015 also Chief Technology Officer. Since 2018 he chairman of the board of executive directors and chief technology officer in 2018.

Personal life

Brudermüller has been married since 1993.