BASF is rotating two positions in its communications team: Anke Schmidt (38) will assume responsibility for corporate communications BASF Group effective October 1, 2008. At the same time, Christian Schubert (44), who currently holds this position, will become head of corporate communications Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong. This function is currently held by Anke Schmidt.
Anke Schmidt studied romance studies, business administration and politics in Hamburg und Nantes. She started her training in communications at BASF in Ludwigshafen in 1996 and then held a number of positions within corporate communications at BASF before becoming senior manager for corporate communications Asia Pacific in Singapore in 2008. Schmidt has been head of corporate communications Asia Pacific in Hong Kong since 2004.
Christian Schubert studied as an industrial engineer and took a Master of Science in management in Berlin and Hoboken, New Jersey, before training as an attaché and assuming duties in the Economic Directorate-General of the German Foreign Office in Bonn. In 1996, Schubert joined the strategic planning department of DaimlerChrysler Services AG in Berlin, where he headed the press department from 1997 onward. Schubert started working for BASF as head of corporate communications BASF Group in 2001.
Anke Schmidt studied romance studies, business administration and politics in Hamburg und Nantes. She started her training in communications at BASF in Ludwigshafen in 1996 and then held a number of positions within corporate communications at BASF before becoming senior manager for corporate communications Asia Pacific in Singapore in 2008. Schmidt has been head of corporate communications Asia Pacific in Hong Kong since 2004.
Christian Schubert studied as an industrial engineer and took a Master of Science in management in Berlin and Hoboken, New Jersey, before training as an attaché and assuming duties in the Economic Directorate-General of the German Foreign Office in Bonn. In 1996, Schubert joined the strategic planning department of DaimlerChrysler Services AG in Berlin, where he headed the press department from 1997 onward. Schubert started working for BASF as head of corporate communications BASF Group in 2001.
