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Position: Head Water & Paper Treatment Segment and Member of the Executive Committee,
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (since February 1, 2007)
Nationality: British
Date of Birth: June 11, 1949
Education: Diploma in Production and Mechanical Engineering
Career:
James McCummiskey joined Ciba in the UK in 1973. Over the next two decades, he gained wide experience
in the pigments business, first as engineer and production manager and later as Human Resources Manager,
leading the implementation of a major change program in the business.
In 1996, James McCummiskey assumed global leadership of the Business Unit Classical Pigments and two
years later became Head of the Colors Division in the UK.
In 2001, he was named Managing Director of the Water Treatment site in Bradford, UK, one of Ciba’s largest
and most complex sites worldwide, where he implemented a demanding productivity improvement
program. In this function he also joined the Segment Leadership Team Water & Paper Treatment.
In 2003, James McCummiskey became global Head of Business Line Water Treatment while continuing to
serve as Managing Director Bradford and Grimsby.
The Board of Directors of Ciba Specialty Chemicals appointed James McCummiskey as Segment Head Water
& Paper Treatment effective February 1, 2007. | 