Melanie Maas-Brunner
Director
German national
Born in 1968
Non-executive
First elected in March 2025
Melanie Maas-Brunner started her career in 1997 at BASF, a Germany-based multinational chemical company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. She initially worked as a research scientist in Ludwigshafen before becoming plant manager for the business unit Plasticisers and Solvents in 2001. She subsequently held various management positions at BASF, including in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2012.
From February 2021 to January 2024, she served as Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Executive Board of BASF.
Since April 2024, she has been a non-executive director on the Board of Directors of UPM-Kymmene Oyj, a Finnish forest industry company listed on the Nasdaq OMX Helsinki stock exchange, and of Azelis Group NV, a Belgium-based distributor of food ingredients and speciality chemicals listed on Euronext Brussels.
Melanie Maas-Brunner holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from RWTH Aachen University, Germany.