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Dr. Hans Schwarz

Senior Process Safety Consultant & Former VP Process Safety BASF
ProsafeX, Germany
Dr. Hans Volkmar Schwarz is currently owner of consulting company ProsafeX, which is focused on Process Safety in the process industries. As a partner of decarbonisation consultancy Celanx he works with clients on decarbonisation strategy. He also has a part time assignment with TÜV SÜD Chemie Service GmbH as Business Development Director.
Until July 2019, he was Vice President of Process Safety at BASF SE, between 2010 and 2016 leading Process Safety globally in BASF group in a centralized organization. During this period, Hans initiated major upgrades of BASF’s corporate Process Safety Management System.
From 2017 to 2019, in the wake of a major incident end of 2016 in Germany, Hans headed a corporate project, in which the globally largest 10 sites of BASF were investigated for any undetected Process Safety risks, which might have escaped the corporate safety review programs. The project resulted in the determination of appropriate countermeasures and the corresponding project approvals.
Before his time in Process Safety, Hans served in leadership positions in BASF’s Polyurethane Division, including Vice President of Technology and Production Coordination, executive director of a major investment project, and roles in operations. Hans holds several patents for Isocyanates Technology and was awarded BASF corporation’s Technical Innovation award in 1999.
Hans had started his career in 1986 in BASF’s process chemistry R&D unit in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where he contributed to new processes for monomers and chemical intermediates. Hans holds a PHD in Physical Chemistry from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Active involvements in associations and journals:
• Board member of EPSC (European Process Safety Center)
• Dechema/Process Nets Risk management working group
• Review Panelist of Loss Prevention Bulletin, a publication of IChemE
• CCPS recognized Process Safety trainer

Events/Masterclasses Dr. Hans Schwarz is currently speaking at

Energy

Process Safety Incidents in Hydrogen Service
15 – 17 October 2025
Online Live Stream | 9:00 – 13:00 CEST
This unique training course presents and analyzes examples of process safety incidents with hydrogen. In most cases the incidents are explosions, but also fires.
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Energy

Hydrogen Hazard Management & Safety Requirements for Production, Transport and Storage
23 – 25 September 2025
Online Live Stream | 9:00 – 13:00 CEST
The course provides deep insights in the safety relevant chemical and physical properties of hydrogen and the carrier molecules, which are used to store and transport hydrogen.
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Energy

Process Safety for Hydrogen Carrier Molecules
Online Live Stream
This course will provide you with the insights into safety challenges and some of the technical challenges that need to be considered and addressed when supply strategies and specific projects are developed.
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Energy

Hazards in the Energy Transition
Online Live Stream
This course will give you a good overview of the new processes and technologies, the related hazards, the ways to take care of the hazards and the legal requirements.
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Dr. Hans Schwarz
Senior Process Safety Consultant & Former VP Process Safety BASF
ProsafeX, Germany
Dr. Hans Volkmar Schwarz is currently owner of consulting company ProsafeX, which is focused on Process Safety in the process industries. As a partner of decarbonisation consultancy Celanx he works with clients on decarbonisation strategy. He also has a part time assignment with TÜV SÜD Chemie Service GmbH as Business Development Director.
Until July 2019, he was Vice President of Process Safety at BASF SE, between 2010 and 2016 leading Process Safety globally in BASF group in a centralized organization. During this period, Hans initiated major upgrades of BASF’s corporate Process Safety Management System.
From 2017 to 2019, in the wake of a major incident end of 2016 in Germany, Hans headed a corporate project, in which the globally largest 10 sites of BASF were investigated for any undetected Process Safety risks, which might have escaped the corporate safety review programs. The project resulted in the determination of appropriate countermeasures and the corresponding project approvals.
Before his time in Process Safety, Hans served in leadership positions in BASF’s Polyurethane Division, including Vice President of Technology and Production Coordination, executive director of a major investment project, and roles in operations. Hans holds several patents for Isocyanates Technology and was awarded BASF corporation’s Technical Innovation award in 1999.
Hans had started his career in 1986 in BASF's process chemistry R&D unit in Ludwigshafen, Germany, where he contributed to new processes for monomers and chemical intermediates. Hans holds a PHD in Physical Chemistry from Heidelberg University, Germany.
Active involvements in associations and journals:
• Board member of EPSC (European Process Safety Center)
• Dechema/Process Nets Risk management working group
• Review Panelist of Loss Prevention Bulletin, a publication of IChemE
• CCPS recognized Process Safety trainer
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