BASF Chair to Keynote on Firm's Sustainability Path
Chair, CEO Heinz to discuss materials giant's sustainability journey.
Michael Heinz. Source: BASF
Wednesday, May 8, at 8 a.m., in the Chapin Theater, Michael Heinz, Chairman and CEO of BASF Corp., will touch on the challenges the industry is facing, the importance of collaboration along the value chain, together with legislators and NGOs, and provide some inspiration for the future.
His presentation is titled, “Our Plastics Journey: The Road to Shaping a Sustainable Future.”
Heinz was born in Mannheim, Germany, in 1964. From 1984 onward, he studied business administration at the College of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and graduated there in 1987. In 2000, he received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University, North Carolina, United States.
He is responsible for the division’s Agricultural Solutions; Nutrition & Health; Care Chemicals; Region North America; Region South America.
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