Jan Buchmann

Jan Buchmann has extensive experience in digital transformation and innovation within the chemical industry, currently serving as the Head of Digital Transformation and Digital Officer for the Performance Materials Division at BASF since 2015. Prior roles at BASF included Global Head of Smart Data and Global Head of Digital Innovation. Jan Buchmann's academic career includes serving as an Assistant Professor at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) from 2014 to February 2018. Previous to these roles, Jan Buchmann worked at BearingPoint as a Manager focusing on Business Strategy & Transformation and held a position as Project Lead/Research Associate at the European Business School (EBS). Jan Buchmann holds a Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker degree in Strategic Management from Technische Universität Darmstadt and a Dr. rer. pol. in Innovation Management & Corporate Finance from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht.