Ashish Kulkarni

Ashish K Kulkarni is an experienced leader in technology and innovation within the chemical engineering sector. Currently serving as a Member of the Board of Directors at Ashland since May 2024, Kulkarni also holds the position of Chairman and Board Member at Kebotix since September 2019, and serves as a Board Advisor for ConnectM Technology Solutions from September 2020. Previously, Kulkarni was the EVP and Chief Innovation Officer at GAF from July 2020 to October 2022, and Ashish K held an advisory role at Kraton Corporation in early 2020. Between June 2016 and December 2019, Kulkarni worked as the EVP and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer at Avantor, and also served on the Board of BioHealth Innovation, Inc. during the same period. Notable earlier roles include Chief Technology & Innovation Officer and Vice President of Research & Development at Celanese from June 2010 to June 2016, and Vice President of Global Engineering at United Technologies Corp until July 2010. Kulkarni holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Osmania University.