Dr. Wilfried Haensel
spent four years as an assistant professor in economics at the Justus
Liebig University Giessen, Germany, before joining BASF AG, the
German-based multi-national chemicals corporation, in 1984. Wilfried has
held various executive positions in BASF, including Director Sales and
Marketing of the agrochemicals business in Eastern Europe, Director of
Regional Marketing of plastics in Asia/Pacific, Group Vice-President of
BASF’s Styrenics Business Unit in Europe. Since January 2007, Wilfried
has been appointed to Executive Director of PlasticsEurope in Brussels.
He is 54, married and has one child.