Richard John Carter was born in Wakefield, United Kingdom, in 1962, and studied Economics and Business Administration at the Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, Fachhochschule Reutlingen, Germany and Middlesex University, United Kingdom.
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1984 – 1985 Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany
1986 – 1988 Bayer Taipei, Taiwan
1988 – 1989 Product Manager, Fine Chemicals, BASF SE, Germany
1989 – 1990, Project Manager, BASF Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1990 – 1994, Marketing Manager Chemical Intermediates, BASF SE, Germany
1994 – 1996, Sales Manager, Germany, Chemical Intermediates, BASF SE, Germany
1996 – 1998, Managing Director BASF Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal
1998 – 2003, Global Procurement Chemicals / Basic Products, BASF SE, Germany
2003 – 2007 Procurement North America, BASF Corporation, New Jersey, USA
2008 – 2015 Vice President Global Key Account Management Europe, BASF SE, Germany
2016 Managing Director/Country Cluster Head UK/Ireland, BASF plc