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Vice President Rohm and Haas Company; President and Managing Director - India; General Manager Paint and Coatings Materials and Packaging and Building Materials India
Harish Badami joined Rohm and Haas in India in 1995. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in sales and business development regional procurement and strategic planning. In October 2001 he was appointed Managing Director of Rohm and Haas India and also Area Business Manager overseeing two core businesses of Rohm and Haas - Coatings and Adhesives & Sealants. He was instrumental in leading the India entry strategy for Rohm and Haas of which the investment in a state-of-art manufacturing plant at Taloja Mumbai in 2003 and a newly constructed plant in Chennai are key components. In October 2004 Mr. Badami assumed the position of General Manager Architectural and Functional Coatings for South East Asia and India based in Singapore. In January 2007 Mr. Badami was named President and Managing Director Rohm and Haas India. Mr. Badami was appointed a vice president of Rohm and Haas Company in September 2007.
Before joining Rohm and Haas Mr. Badami spent six years with ICI India and served in ICI’s Chemicals and Catalysts divisions in various commercial and business roles. He also spent a year in the gases industry with British Oxygen Company early in his career.
Mr. Badami earned a Bachelor of Technology degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1985 and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in 1989.
Mr. Badami his wife Suman and their two children reside Mumbai India. | 