CINCINNATI – The ChemQuest Group has hired Rich Gibson, formerly the Director of Corporate Strategy for Milliken & Co., as a Director. Gibson’s business strategy development focus for more than three decades included market segmentation, value and supply chain analysis, business intelligence, economics, voice of the market, due diligence, strategy deployment, risk management, and process improvement. Key capabilities in his tool set also include project management, productivity enhancement and cost control without sacrificing quality.
Gibson’s career at Milliken began in 1989 when he was hired as an Industrial Engineer. He also served as Business Supply Chain Manager, Senior Business Development Manager, Process Improvement Manager and Plant Manager. From 2016–2020, as Milliken’s Director, Corporate Strategy, Gibson managed econometrics and key indicators as well as the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process, market research (internal and outsourced), a buy-side acquisition corporate- and division-level target funnel, business intelligence, de-risked target acquisition (pre-diligence), and overall corporate strategy development while mentoring his colleagues in these areas.