Brendan Cummins, former chief executive officer of Ciba Specialty Chemicals, has been elected to Ashland Inc.'s board of directors, resulting in ten total board members. Cummins, brings nearly 40 years of industry leadership experience to this new role. He spent 37 years with Ciba, holding a variety of international and senior management roles within the company. These roles included 20 years in the Asia-Pacific region in finance and business unit leadership assignments.
Cummins served as chief operating officer from October 2005 through January 2008, when he was promoted to CEO. Ciba was acquired by BASF in late 2008 and since 2010, he has served as a consultant to, and on the senior executive panel of, The Valence Group, a specialist mergers and acquisitions firm offering advisory services to companies and investors in the chemical, materials and related sectors.
