Clariant’s Deepak Parikh to Join American Chemistry Council Board of Directors

Clariant announced that Deepak Parikh, Clariant’s region president of North America, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Parikh was approved to serve on the Board of Directors during the ACC Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, for a term from Jan. 1, 2019 until Dec.31, 2021.
 
“I am proud to join the ACC’s Board of Directors and appreciate this opportunity to align further with our industry colleagues in the US,” said Parikh. “I look forward to working with the ACC leadership to ensure the chemical industry continues building its reputation and achieving sustainable success in the US.”
 

The American Chemistry Council represents the diverse set of companies that make up the $768 billion enterprise that is the chemistry business in North America.
 
Parikh joined Clariant’s North American region as region president and CEO of both Clariant Corporation and Clariant Canada Inc. in July 2017. Parikh most recently served as Clariant’s region president for India, Middle East Africa as well as vice chairman and managing director of Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited. During the previous two decades, he worked with Dow Chemical and DuPont in the US and Asia, where he held various global and regional leadership roles in research and development, commercial and business development functions.