Building muscle memory with a year dedicated to sustainability: Thought Leader Interview with Anantha Desikan, ICL

Event Type: Thought Leader Interview
Location: Online

Date/Time: 06/22/2023
12 pm

Sustainability/ESG, Leading Innovation Organizations

Integrating sustainability into all aspects of an organization is no small task. ICL galvanized their efforts by declaring 2022 to be the year of sustainability: holding activities, educating staff, and thinking about goals, both big and small and long and short term. Learn from Anantha Desikan, Executive Vice President and Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer, how this helped ICL to integrate sustainability into their strategy and across their very diversified businesses.

Anantha Desikan

Executive Vice President and Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer

ICL

Dr. Anantha Desikan has been serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Research, Development & Innovation Officer of ICL since 2018. Prior thereto, Dr. Desikan served as Senior Vice President of ICL Industrial Products’ Flame Retardants business, as well as several other management and technology management positions at ICL including President, ICL-IP America, and VP of Global Phosphorous R&D. Prior to joining ICL in 2007, Dr. Desikan held technology management roles at Supresta and Akzo Nobel. He holds a Ph.D. and M.S in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Madras University, India.