Anantha Desikan

Dr. Anantha Desikan was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation & Technology Officer of ICL in November 2018. Prior thereto, Dr. Desikan served as Senior Vice President of ICL Industrial Products’ Flame Retardants business, as well several other management and technology management positions at ICL including President, ICL-IP America and VP 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 B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Madras University, India.