ChemQuest Hires VP and Director

The ChemQuest Group (Cincinnati, Ohio) welcomes Sharon Feng, Ph.D., as a vice president, and Prem Patel as a director.

Sharon Feng began her career with Bayer Corp., rising through the ranks and developing expertise in organic pigments, polymer resins and emerging coating technologies before being named vice president of Business Development for the Coatings, Adhesives, and Specialties segment of Bayer MaterialScience for the Asia-Pacific region. Subsequently, she served in three vice president roles, leading EHS, supply chain and innovation functions with both Lanxess Corp. and Bayer MaterialScience North America.

Feng later transitioned to R&D leadership positions with PPG Industries, most recently serving as global technical director for corporate R&D. In addition, Feng has been an independent director on the board of Koppers Inc. since 2009. She earned a doctorate in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Masters degree in chemistry from the University of California at Davis, and a combined bachelor and Masters degree in chemistry from Nanjing University.

Over his career, Patel has developed extensive strategy, marketing, sales, operations, and product development experience in B2B value chains. In roles for companies such as Rogers Corp., Lear Corp., and Milliken & Co., he has been successful in growing profit and loss by leading and scaling strategy, mergers and acquisitions, product management, innovation and operations initiatives across global value chains.

Patel most recently served as director of corporate strategy and growth options for Ingevity Corp. He holds an MBA from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Case Western Reserve University.

“Sharon and Prem are exciting additions to the ChemQuest team,” says Danuel Murad, ChemQuest CEO. “Their specialty chemicals and advanced materials knowledge is top-notch, and they both have built strong relationships with their leadership acumen and collaboration throughout their careers. I’m looking forward to working with them both. Their broad and deep expertise will benefit our clients in any number of projects.”