Kurt Wilhelm Bock is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies. Presently, Dr. Bock holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Fuchs Petrolub SE and Chairman-Supervisory Board at BASF SE.

He is also on the board of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft eV and United Nations Global Compact and President for Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV.

In the past Kurt Wilhelm Bock occupied the position of Chairman of BASF SE and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at BASF Corp. (a subsidiary of BASF SE), Managing Director at Robert Bosch Ltda., Senior Vice President-Finance & Accounting at Robert Bosch GmbH, President of European Chemical Industry Council and President of The International Council of Chemical Associations.

Dr. Bock received a doctorate from the University of Bonn, an undergraduate degree from Universität zu Köln and an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster.