Dr. Heuser heads BASF China and AP operations

Effective April 1,  2013,  Dr. Albert Heuser assumes the responsibility for BASF’s Market & Business Development and Operations i n Greater China as well as for all  functional units in Asia Pacific. As President Greater China and  Functions Asia Pacific, he is based in Shanghai. Dr Heuser’s current post is president, Market & Business Development Asia Pacific. This organisational change underlines the strategic importance of the Chinese market for BASF. Greater China is the chemical giant’s third-largest market worldwide with sales of €6.7 billion in 2012 and more than 8,400 employees.  Effective May 1, 2013, Gops Pillay, senior vice president, Dispersions & Pigments Asia Pacific, will assume the responsibility for all regional business units in Asia Pacific as well as for all countries in Asia Pacific outside of China. 

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