Thomas Birk was born in Loerrach, Germany, in 1980. He studied Business Administration at the Cooperative State University (BA) in Loerrach and Economics at the University of Heidelberg. Career profile 2007 – 2008 Consultant, Simon Kucher & Partners, Germany 2008 – 2010 Senior Referent Global Strategy, BASF SE, Germany 2010 – 2012 Product Manager, BASF SE, Germany 2013 – 2014 Project Manager, BASF SE, Germany 2014 – 2016 Head of Value Chain and Product Management, BASF SE, Germany 2017 – 2020 Head of Product Management Natural Food Ingredients, BASF Corporation, USA Since 2021 Vice President UK & Ireland / Managing Director, BASF plc, United Kingdom