Kirill Vereta was appointed general director of Lukoil lube arm LLK International, succeeding Maxim Donde. Vereta was general director of Intesmo – a Lukoil and Russian Railways joint venture responsible for grease production and sales – as well as deputy general director for manufacturing and chief engineer of LLK International. Martin Brudermuller became the new chairman of the board of executive directors of Ludwigshafen, Germany-based BASF SE earlier this month, succeeding Kurt Bock. Brudermuller has been vice chairman of the board since 2011 and chief technology officer since 2015.