Independent Director
Shri Adnan Ahmad is a Chemical Engineer with almost four decades of industry experience in leading companies such as BP, ICI, and Clariant. Shri Ahmad started his career at ICI India, after completing his Masters in Chemical Engineering from Queens University, Canada. In a career spanning 19 years with ICI he worked in their explosives, specialty chemicals and paints businesses in a variety of manufacturing, supply chain and business roles across India. In 2004 he moved to BP Plc as Executive Director on the Board of Castrol India Limited (a BP subsidiary in India).
In 2008 he moved to Singapore as Regional Supply Chain Director Asia Pacific for BP Lubricants and in 2010 he relocated to the UK as Regional Supply Chain Director for Europe & Africa. In 2017 he returned to India and joined Clariant Chemicals (India) as Vice Chairman and Managing Director. Adnan was appointed Adjunct Professor, Dept of Specialty Chemicals, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 2022. He is also an Independent Director on the Boards of Coromandel International Limited and DIC India Limited.
Shri Ahmad was a Member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Committee on Chemicals & Petrochemicals as well as the Committee on Multi-National Corporations. He was also the Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Biocides for CII’s C&PC Committee. Shri Ahmad was also a Member of the Executive Committee at the Indian Chemical Council (ICC) from 2017 till 2021.