Dr. Peter Otto

Lead of digital transformation and agile organizational development • Leading digitalization, customized application development, IT infrastructure and information management at BASF site Schwarzheide • Development and implementation of a holistic digitalization transformation program • Head of communication & public relations of BASF Schwarzheide GmbH • Piloting new ways of working targeting an agile organization development with a dynamic network of empowered teams

Director Site Development BASF Schwarzheide GmbH: • Third-party business and site marketing to external investors • Site development including infrastructure and site service strategies • Site energy and utility management including generation scheduling, portfolio management, pricing strategy and trading • Energy transition strategy including application for real-world laboratory for the energy transition “chEErs” - Chemicals and Energy from Renewables in Schwarzheide

Functional Lead of European OpEx Center • Setup and formation of the regional corporate unit in Antwerp • Transfer of OpEx know-how including concepts, methods and tools and ensured close integration of new unit within corporate group • Coaching, training and functional lead of regional OpEx-Managers and respective sub-regional Key Accounts • Developed and established OpEx-program concept for Europe

OpEx Project Manager, LEAN Transformation Group • Setup and lead of global Project to improve serial introduction process for new automotive catalysts in Nienburg, Huntsville and Shanghai • Support of North American strategy workshop, roles & responsibilities alignment with corporate functions, and elaboration of OpEx regional hub collaboration concept • Development of LEAN Transformation Program and LEAN Leadership concepts to anchor LEAN methodology and mindsets in the BASF organizations sustainable

Lead of North American Strategy Development for BASF Corp. • Setup and lead of NA strategy project to define NA site development concept supporting business strategies for all BASF manufacturing as well as R&D and analytics sites • Developed NA manufacturing site framework providing guidelines for infrastructure and manufacturing investment decisions • Established future NA R&D, analytics and laboratory platform

Verbund Site Transformations Freeport & Geismar for BASF Corp., North America • Setup and lead of site-wide transformation project at two NA Verbund sites to establish a performance culture and improved total cost position • Holistic approach to align the operating systems of both sites – processes, management systems & mindset and behaviors • Changing the sites’ culture to one of performance and continuous improvement via LEAN methodology introduction

BASF Delegate to China and Malaysia for ASEAN Manufacturing Technical Process Optimization • Coordination and support of technical process optimization at all relevant Asia-Pacific manufacturing sites • Lead of Technical Process Optimization Workshops at Kuantan, Nanjing and Shanghai BASF Verbund sites

Lead of Technical Process Optimization Projects of BASF • Technical Process Optimization of BASF Catalysts Business including project setup, coordination and lead of various TPO-Workshops at BASF Catalyst Sites globally • Verbund Site Optimization Antwerp, Technical Process Optimization of site infrastructure operations and production plants

Process Development Engineering for Crop Protection Business • Process development of new insecticide product in lab, mini-plant and pilot plant, successful start-up of production plant in USA and GMP-production tolling in Netherlands • Process development of new crop products in lab, mini-plant and pilot plant • Developed and established production plant re-utilization concept for crop protection business

PhD Thesis: „Development of a bio-chemical process for cleaning EDTA containing waste waters“ Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hempel, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig

Diploma Thesis: „Increase of the biodegradability selected reactive dyes decomposition products by repeated partial ozonization“ (Rewarded with Fritz Wagner-Award 1998)