Kurt Bock (born 3 July 1958), is a German businessman who has been president of the German Chemical Industry Association since 2016,[1] and was chief executive officer (CEO) of BASF, the world's largest chemical producer, from 2011 to 2018.

[5] Bock joined the finance division of BASF in 1985, after he earned his doctorate (PhD) in economics from the University of Bonn.

[9] Bock is assumed to be elected as chairman of the BASF supervisory board after the expiration of the mandatory two-year cooling-off period in 2020.

[10] In March 2013, Bock advocated inside BASF to renounce the formal use of academic titles in corporate language and correspondence.

[13][14] He has been a member of the executive board and the Presidium of the German Chemical Industry Association since autumn 2012.