Harish Badami Assumes Charge at ACC as CEO, Managing Director

New Delhi: Harish Badami on Wednesday took over as chief executive officer and managing director of cement maker ACC Ltd.

"Harish Badami has taken over as CEO & MD from August 13, 2014 and Kuldip Kaura has demitted office as CEO & MD from the said date," ACC said in a statement.

The board of ACC, in which Swiss building material major Holcim has a majority stake, had in June approved Mr Badami's appointment.

Immediately before joining ACC on August 1, 2014 Mr Badami had served as managing director of Celanese India.

He has held similar positions of president and managing director of Dow Chemical India, and managing director of Rohm and Haas India, before its acquisition in 2009 by Dow Chemical.

He is an alumnus of IIT, Bombay and also holds an MBA from IIM, Calcutta.

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