Harish Badami joins ACC Ltd as CEO & MD

Harish Badami has assumed office as CEO & Managing Director of ACC Limited, one of the India’s leading cement manufacturers, with effect from August 13, 2014. The former Managing Director of Celanese India, Badami brings with him 25 years of varied experience in the chemical industry, mostly in India.
 
Prior to Celanese India, he has held similar positions of President and Managing Director of Dow Chemical India, and Managing Director of Rohm and Haas India, before its acquisition in 2009 by Dow Chemical.
 
Badami was instrumental in leading the very successful India strategy for Rohm and Haas, of which the investments in state-of-the-art manufacturing plants at Taloja near Mumbai in 2003 and a second facility at Sriperumbudur near Chennai in 2007 were key components. Under him, Rohm and Haas achieved rapid growth and leadership positions across several specialty chemical markets. He also oversaw the successful integration of Dow Chemical’s and Rohm and Haas’ businesses and operating sites in India between 2009 and 2011.