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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. S. Suresh
    National Manager – Quality, Compliance and Safety
    He graduated in Science and Diploma in Computer Programming and specialised in Non-Destructive Testing (UT, RT, MT, LPT).
    He is an Associate Member of Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Life Member of Indian Institute of Welding and Life Member of ISNDT and Lead Auditor of ISO 9001:2000.
    Joined SGS India in 1987 and is currently National Quality Manager, National Compliance Officer and Safety Manager.

  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. Ramdas Jaid
    Business Director – Systems & Services Certification
    Mr Ramdas is a Mechanical Engineer with 18 Years of Industrial Experience with leading companies such as SKF Bearing India Pvt.Ltd., AMP India and UL India.He is an IATF Registered ISO/TS 16949:2002 and Registered Lead QMS Auditor.He has worked with eminent Certification Bodies with World recognition and has conducted over 1000 third Party audits as per ISO 9001 and ISO/TS 16949 in India and other part of the world such as China, Taiwan, South Africa, US, Canada, Thailand and South Korea.

  13. Shashibhushan Jogani
    Head – Continuous Improvement
    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).