Specialty chemicals technology company The ChemQuest Group (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA) has hired Rich Gibson, formerly director of corporate strategy for Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA). Gibson, who is now a director with ChemQuest, was also a former client of the group.
According to the company, Gibson’s focus on business strategy development for more than three decades has included market segmentation, value and supply chain analysis, business intelligence, economics, voice of the market, due diligence, strategy deployment, risk management, and process improvement.
“We are very excited to welcome Rich Gibson to our practice,” says Dan Murad, CEO of ChemQuest. “He brings extensive specialty chemical market and business strategy development experience and has a unique ability to provide deep insights in diverse subject matter areas. Our past engagements have been mutually beneficial in augmenting Milliken and ChemQuest’s knowledge base. We look forward to leveraging our new association with Rich for delivering client-centric solutions, and identifying growth opportunities in specialty chemicals amid a new global landscape."
In his most recent role with Milliken, Gibson managed econometrics and key indicators, as well as the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process, market research (internal and outsourced), a buy-side acquisition corporate- and division-level target funnel, business intelligence, de-risked target acquisition (pre-diligence), and overall corporate strategy development, all while mentoring his colleagues in these areas.
“As a repeat specialty chemicals’ client, I came to truly appreciate the ChemQuest team’s value chain knowledge, business acumen, ingenuity, energy, and drive for solving chemical business complexities,” Gibson says. “Profitable opportunities were successfully identified and executed in 20+ project areas.”
Source: The ChemQuest Group, www.chemquest.com.