Raimar Jahn Tapped to Head BASF Global Coatings Operating Division, Also Named CEO of BASF Coatings AG - aftermarketNews

Raimar Jahn Tapped to Head BASF Global Coatings Operating Division, Also Named CEO of BASF Coatings AG

Raimar Jahn has been selected to head BASF’s Coatings Operating Division, effective July 1. In addition, Jahn has been named chief executive officer of BASF Coatings AG. In both positions, He succeeds Jean-Pierre Monteny, who retired on June 30.

SOUTHFIELD, MI — Raimar Jahn has been selected to head BASF’s Coatings Operating Division, effective July 1. In addition, Jahn has been named chief executive officer of BASF Coatings AG. In both positions, He succeeds Jean-Pierre Monteny, who retired on June 30.

Jahn was most recently president of BASF’s Performance Polymers division, a position he held since 2001. He joined BASF in 1985 as a marketing and sales manager. After working for BASF’s subsidiary Elastogran GmbH from 1988 to 1989, Jahn relocated to BASF Mexicana in 1989 to work in sales for polyurethanes and specialty chemicals. In 1997, he became senior vice president of BASF’s automotive coatings business in North America, based in Southfield, MI.

Jahn was born in Mainz, Germany, in 1958. He studied economics at the Hochschule der Bundeswehr in Hamburg.

For more information about BASF’s North American operations, visit: www.basf.com/usa.

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