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Position: Chief Operating Officer (since October 2005) and Member of the
Executive Committee Ciba Specialty Chemicals (since 2001)
Nationality: Irish
Date of Birth: May 18 1951
Degree: Accounting Fellow of The Institute of Company Accountants.
Career:
Brendan Cummins joined Ciba-Geigy in Ireland in 1971 as an Accountancy Student and in conjunction with
the local college completed his practical and professional Accountancy qualification there. In 1974 he
assumed the position of Planning and Information Manager in Ireland.
In 1979 following a short stay in Basel in Finance he moved to Ciba-Geigy Singapore as Treasury Head and
in 1981 was appointed Head of Finance and Administration South East Asia. In 1984 he transferred to
Hong Kong as Head of Finance and HR North Asia with project responsibility for China. In 1990 he moved
to the Philippines as Head of the Pharmaceutical Division and later that year was appointed in combination
as Group Company Head.
In 1994 he transferred to the UK as Head of Finance and HR of Ciba-Geigy Horsham.
In 1995 he returned to the Far East as Group Company Head China and in 1997 assumed the position of
Regional President Greater China for Ciba Specialty Chemicals.
In 1999 he moved to Basel and was appointed Global Head of Whiteners. In 2000 he established and
headed the Global Business Unit Home & Personal Care.
In 2001 he worked for Irish Fertilizer Industries as Managing Director.
In December 2001 he became Member of the Executive Committee Ciba Specialty Chemicals. From 2001
to 2004 he was Executive Vice-President International Coordination and Human Resources and then Head
of Plastic Additives in 2004.
Since October 2005 he is Chief Operating Officer. | 