Dr. Joshi was born in Mumbai, India, in 1978. In 2006, he received his PhD from ETH Zürich in Food Process Engineering and then went on to obtain a MBA from Mannheim Business School in 2013.

Professional Career
2023: President, Intermediates Division, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2021: Senior Vice President, Petrochemicals Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong SAR
2018: Vice President, Petrochemicals Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong SAR
2014: Head of Strategic Marketing and Projects, Intermediates Asia Pacific, BASF East Asia Regional Headquarters Ltd., Hong Kong SAR
2011: Senior Manager, Intermediates, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2009: Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
2006: Team Leader, R&D and Technical Marketing Support, Performance Chemicals Research, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany