Kurt W. Bock is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 6 different companies is President at Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV and on the board of 5 other companies.

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

Kurt W. 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.