Burak Akay is a Senior Expert Global C&B and HR M&A at BASF Group. He is mainly responsible for all C&B services including market benchmarking, salary review processes and annual bonus including global project manager of Implementation of
SuccessFactors Comp planner in a 3 years global project. He has been working last 3 years in this position in Berlin but he has been working for BASF last 12 years in different locations and positions in HR, mainly focusing Compensation & Benefits
responsibilities.
- Over 20 years of experience thereof 5 years in Information management and 15 years in Human Resources
- Certified Project Management Professional – PMP
- Certified Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – FCIPD – Chartered Fellow
- Broad expertise of several years in different Global HR fields (e.g. Global Compensation & Benefits, HR Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), strategic Global Mobility)

I love working for people in a topic which touch their employee life cycle by keeping company strategy in mind. I am enjoying to use my analytical skills from my engineering background but also able to work for fairness and diversity on a concrete area. I always want to have the chance to work on several projects including digitalization perspectives where I can also use my project management and information management skills. That is why Total Rewards is the most interesting topic in HR processes for me. I had the chance to be involved in total rewards activities on country level, subregional level, regional level but I am enjoying to work mostly in global level to drive strategic targets, operational excellence and digitalization.

At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. More than 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. As BASF Services Europe GmbH, we are the central point of contact for ensuring the best possible processes between our employees, suppliers, contacts and customers of the Group companies. As a hub, we take on a large number of the business management tasks so that other BASF Group companies can concentrate on their essential core competencies such as research, development or production. We provide forward-looking business services for more than 100 BASF Group companies throughout EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) from our site in Berlin.