Ranga Covindassamy is a Managing Director at Evercore in the strategic advisory business focused on the chemicals sector. Notable transactions for corporate and sponsor clients include Purolite on its sale to Ecolab, Gabriel Performance Products on its sale to Huntsman, Baker Hughes on the sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital Partners, BASF on the sale of its inorganic specialties business to Edgewater Capital, SK Global on the acquisition of Dow’s copolymers and ionomers business, and Hexion Holdings’ first lien creditors on its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization. He earned his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and his bachelor’s degree (honors) from Georgetown University.