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  1. Paul House – Managing Director, India and Sri Lanka
    Paul has been appointed Managing Director for India in 2008. He joined SGS in 2002 as the Chief Financial Officer for South Eastern Asia & Pacific. Prior to joining SGS, Paul worked for 8 years as Senior Manager in the Business Consulting division of Andersen. He has vast experiences in the Minerals, Healthcare and Government sectors across Australia, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and America. Paul then worked as the Chief Operations Officer for B Digital, a telecommunications company in Africa before joining SGS.  He holds a Bachelor Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia.

  2. Tushar Karnik
    Chief Finance Officer
    A qualified Chartered Accountant, he joined SGS in 1996 as Accounting Manager and was the Divisional Manager, Finance in 2000. Presently, he is the Chief Finance Officer of SGS India.

  3. Ashok Gujar
    Human Resources, Director
    Holds a Masters in Human Resource Management and has a long experience in the field of Human Resources at corporate level in various industries linked to Industrial, consumer and textile products and services. He has joined SGS in November 2005 and is based in Mumbai.

  4. Jose Sebastine
    Country Manager - India - Trade Assurance Services
    Business Director - Industrial Services
    Joined in 1986, he is currently the Country Manager -Trade Assurance Services for India and also heading Industrial Services in India as Business Manager
    He holds Bachelor Degree in Science and Master of Business Administration. He also holds Post-Graduate Diploma in International Trade conducted by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

  5. Sudesh Kumar
    Business Director – Consumer Testing Services
    Dr. Sudesh Kumar is Business Manager Consumer Testing Services for SGS India, based in Gurgaon. He holds PhD degree from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.  Dr. Kumar has senior management experience in corporate R&D and testing laboratories.

  6. N. Vivekanand
    Business Director – Minerals Services
    Mr.N Vivekanand is Business Manager Minerals Services for SGS India, based in Nagpur. He holds a Master’s degree in Applied Geology.He has worked in various  locations and has held different positions within the company.

  7. Santosh Singh
    National Manager – Quality,Compliance and Safety
    Mr. Santosh Kumar Singh is the National Compliance Manager since Aug 2009,based at Gurgaon.He is a post graduate in Human Resources and holds a diploma in Human Rights with about 13 years of rich and qualitative experience in the field of Vigilance,Investigation and Security Management with Government organizations like Defence Services & CRPF-Home Department and corporates like Fidelity India,Hewlett-Packard and International SOS

  8. Sundip More
    Business Director – Oil Gas and Chemicals
    Currently working as Business Manager – Oil, Gas and Chemicals, he is a Graduate in Chemical Engineering. Before joining SGS in 1995, he gained vast experience in various Chemical and Process industries.

  9. Dr. Sudhir Kumar Gupta
    Business Director – Agricultural Services
    He is a Doctorate in Dairy Science and has worked with Gujarat Co-op. Milk Marketing Federation as Manager (QC) before joining SGS in 1997.
    He has worked with SGS as Lab Manager in Gandhidham and later as Branch Manager for Gandhidham and Kolkata branches in India. Presently he is Business Manager for Agricultural Services.

  10. Shivananda Shetty
    Business Director – Environmental Services
    He holds a Bachelors Degree in Science (Chemistry). He is a post-graduate in Ecology & Environment. He has also done Master of Business Administration from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, specializing in Marketing.
    He started his career as Chemist with SGS India Pvt. Ltd, Thane for 5 years. He served as Manager, Laboratory and Food in SGS India, Kolkata for 9 years and is presently the Business Manager for Environmental Services based in Gurgaon branch.

  11. M. Venkateswarlu
    Business Director – Life Sciences
    Mr Venkateswarlu holds a Masters Degree in Analytical Chemistry from Andhra University,Visakhapatnam. He has Senior Management experience in corporate R&D Analytical, Quality Control and Testing Laboratories .

  12. Shashibhushan Jogani
    Director – Systems and Services Certification
    He joined SGS in the year 2003 and worked in different positions with the Company – Financial Analyst, Business Controller, Financial Controller and currently heads the Continuous Improvement initiative for SGS India. Prior to joining SGS, Shashi worked for 4 years in Assurance and Business Advisory Services (ABAS) division of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and handled many advisory, audits and due diligence assignments for various multinational companies. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Mumbai University topper (Bachelor of Commerce degree).

  13. Sudhakar Yadlapalli
    Head – Multi Laboratories
    Sudhakar Yadlapalli is the Head of Multi Laboratories for SGS India since December 2008. Prior to joining SGS, he was with Vimta Labs Limited where he worked in various capacities as Associate Vice President of the Residue Lab, Analytical Manager, Group Leader and Scientist. He has rich experience in bulk drugs and testing laboratories and is an expert in trace and ultra trace analysis. He also specializes in modern analytical instrumentation and mass spectrometry. Sudhakar holds a post graduate certificate in Chemistry from Andhra University and a Bachelors degree from Nagarjuna University.