Industry & Services >> Analyst Interviews >> June 16, 2015

Continued Earnings Growth Expected for U.S. Chemical Industry

Hassan Ahmed
Hassan Ahmed is the Founder and Head of Research of Alembic Global Advisors. Prior to founding Alembic Global Advisors, Mr. Ahmed was a Managing Director and Global Sector Head for Chemicals Research at HSBC. Previously he has worked as a Senior Buy-Side Research Analyst covering the materials space at Brown Brothers Harriman, a Senior Sellside Research Analyst covering the chemical space at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, a Strategy Consultant at the Mitchell Madison Group and a Process Engineer at Imperial Chemical Industries — ICI. Mr. Ahmed has won several accolades in research having been ranked number one Middle East and North Africa Analyst by Extel in 2009 to 2012; number one U.S. stock picker by Financial Times/StarMine in 2008; and Best Up and Comer in the U.S. chemical sector by Institutional Investor in 2006 and 2008. He received a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from London University and an M.S. degree in operations research from Columbia University. He holds NASD Series 63, 7, 86 and 87 licenses. Profile
TWST: What is your coverage?

Mr. Ahmed: I cover the global chemical industry, which means the coverage cuts across the Middle East, North America and Latin America. I also cover a few