Adnan Ahmad has taken over as the president of Clariant in India. Ahmad succeeds Deepak Parikh, who was instrumental in implementing and leading Clariant’s growth strategy in India for the last four years. Parikh will now serve as the region president for Clariant in North America as well as chief executive officer of both Clariant Corporation and Clariant Canada.

Ahmad, a chemical engineer, has over 32 years of industry experience across sectors and continents. He began his career with ICI where he worked in a variety of manufacturing, supply chain and business roles across India. At BP he held various global and leadership roles with demonstrated success in transformational leadership and regional supply chain management. He was also with Castrol.

Switzerland-based Clariant, is a world leader in specialty chemicals. It is a leading manufacturer and merchant exporter of pigments, fine chemicals and leather chemicals. The business structure of the company comprises the following divisions: life science and electronic chemicals, pigments and additives, textile, leather and paper chemicals, cellulose ethers and polymerisates, functional chemicals.

Clariant has introduced several new products both in leather chemicals and textile chemicals. The personal care business develops and produces specialty ingredients and co-surfactants for skin and hair care, wet wipes and pharmaceutical applications.