Wayne T. Smith has been appointed the new chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, NJ. He succeeds Hans Engel, who is now CFO for BASF SE, and will relocate to the company’s global headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany, and assume additional responsibilities on BASF’s Board of Executive Directors.   Smith began his career at BASF in 2004 as Group VP for the Regional Intermediates Business Unit in the United States. In 2006, he was named president of the Catalysts di...