Martin Brudermüller, CEO and CTO of BASF (Ludwigshafen / Germany; www.basf.com), was elected president of the industry association European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic, Brussels / Belgium; www.cefic.org), effective immediately, at Cefic’s annual general assembly. Brudermüller succeeds Daniele Ferrari, CEO of Versalis (Milan / Italy; www.versalis.eni.com), who had held the post since October 2018.

“With more than 30 years’ experience in various roles in the chemical industry, Martin Brudermüller will be able to lead us to deliver on Green Deal objectives,” said Marco Mensink, Cefic’s director general. Brudermüller added, “It is my ambition during my presidency that the European chemical industry strikes a ‘Future Chemistry Deal’ within the framework of the [EU] ‘Green Deal’, where we deliver technologies and solutions and the political framework enables their economical implementation.”