Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 12, 2013
Randall S. Dearth is President and CEO of Calgon Carbon Corporation. He joined Calgon Carbon Corporation in August of 2012, accepting the role of President and Chief Executive Officer after having served on the Calgon Carbon board of directors since 2007. Since 2004, Mr. Dearth has served as the President and CEO of LANXESS Corporation, an international chemical manufacturer that was spun out of the Bayer Group. From 2002 until the carve-out of LANXESS, he was the President and CEO of Bayer Chemicals Corporation. He started his career with Bayer in 1988 and held various positions within the company including sales, marketing, product management and applications development. From 1993 through 1997, Mr. Dearth worked at Bayer’s headquarters in Germany, where he was responsible for market development in Europe and Asia for the coatings division. In addition to the Calgon Carbon Corporation's board of directors, he also sits on the boards of the American Chemistry Council, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the United Way of Allegheny County, the Andy Warhol Museum and the Stepan Company. Mr. Dearth has been recognized as an emerging top CEO with a Pittsburgh Business Times Diamond Award. He has also won a PRSA Renaissance Award as the CEO Communicator of the Year, and Junior Achievement’s 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Hiram College, and a master’s degree in polymer science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Profile
TWST: Please give us a brief introduction to Calgon Carbon and give us some history of the company.
Mr. Dearth: Calgon Carbon has been in business for about 70 years. When the