MR. VENKAT SADASIVAN

Venkat Sadasivan is a senior finance director with the Dow Chemical Company.  He has extensive global financial background in controller’s, Treasury and business finance.

After starting his finance career in1990 in Louisiana, Sadasivan progressed through a variety of assignments in the controller’s function. He then relocated to Midland, Michigan as a manager for treasury accounting activities. In 1999, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer and Controller for Dow Thailand and Vietnam operations.

Sadasivan holds an accounting degree from the University of Alabama and has completed management development programs in the Thunderbird and Kelley schools of business. He has served on the board of various joint venture companies and as a member of the tax and legal committee with the American Chamber of Commerce.

He recently lost his wife (46) to stage IV lung cancer (non smoker). His personal journey as the primary caretaker of his wife has given him a deep understanding of the importance of GIAHC’s mission of raising awareness, prevention, early detection and treatment of cancers, and, feels honored to serve on its board.