Mumbai, Nov. 21 -- Ben Patel has been appointed as the Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Cooper Tire. He will be responsible for product planning and development, as well as engineering and technology across all regions. Patel will oversee the global technical centre as well as technical centres in Asia, Europe and North America. He brings with him over two decades of experience.

Patel has a PhD in chemistry from Yale University and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the University of Ottawa. He has 24 U.S. patents and has been published in more than a dozen scientific publications. In 2017, Patel received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2017 Rising Star Award. He currently serves as a...