SGS CEO and leadership

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SGS CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Frankie Ng is the SGS's CEO. SGS has 96,000 employees, of which 51 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The SGS executive team is 25% female and 75% male.
51% of the management team is White.
11% of SGS management is Hispanic or Latino.
8% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Frankie Ng

CEO

Frankie Ng was appointed Chief Executive Officer of SGS in March 2015. He is also responsible for the Strategic Transformation function.

Prior to his appointment as CEO Frankie held many senior roles within the company, including Executive Vice President of Industrial Services and Executive Vice President of Consumer Testing Services.

Frankie joined SGS in 1994 as a management trainee before undertaking a wide range of roles, including CTS Operations Manager in China and Division Manager for SGS-CSTC Standards Technical Services. In 2000 he was appointed Managing Director of SGS US Consumer Testing Services.

Before joining the company he worked with Sodeco S.A. as a Quality Assurance Engineer. Frankie holds a diploma in Engineering from the Engineering School of Geneva and graduated with a degree in Economics & Econometrics from the University of Essex, England.

Calvin Grieder

Chairman

Dominik de Daniel

Chief Financial Officer

Dominik De Daniel is a Group Chief Financial Officer at SGS and is based in Geneva Area, Switzerland. He has worked as Board Member at Regus, Dir:Investor Relations at DIS Deutscher Industrie Serv, and Board Member at DIS Deutscher Industrie Serv. Dominik studied at Bankakademie Freiburg between 1995 and 1997.

Ian Gallienne

Board Member

Jeffrey McDonald

Executive Vice President

Kory Beth Sorenson

Board Member

Olivier Coppey

Executive Vice President

Olivier Merkt

Chief Compliance Ofcr/Gen Cnsl

Olivier Merkt is a Director at International Federation of Inspection Agencies and Chief Compliance Ofcr/Gen Cnsl at SGS. He has worked as Sr Counsel at SGS and VP:Corporate Development at SGS. Olivier attended Université de Neuchâtel and University of Cambridge.

Paul Guy B. Desmarais

Board Member

Piyush Chaudhari

Chief Executive Officer

Piyush Chaudhari is a Board Member at Metropolitan Family Services and Chief Executive Officer at SGS. He has worked as Exec VP:Strategy at Information Resources Inc and Pres:Americas & Global Strategy at Information Resources Inc. Piyush works or has worked at MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.; INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP; and McKinsey & Company and works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Chicago Media Board, COO:Consulting Business at Aon Hewitt, and Head:Canada & Europe at Aon Hewitt. He attended University of Illinois/Chicago, Northwestern University - Kellogg Graduate School of Management, and KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT.

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Name & TitleBio

Calvin Grieder

Chairman

Ian Gallienne

Board Member

Kory Beth Sorenson

Board Member

Paul Guy B. Desmarais

Board Member

Sami Atiya

Board Member

Shelby R. du Pasquier

Board Member

Tobias Hartmann

Board Member

Janet S. Vergis

Board Member

Gerard Lamarche

Board Member

Harald Balzer

Board Member

SGS leadership demographics

SGS gender distribution in management team

The SGS executive team is 25% female and 75% male.
SGS is 32% female and 68% male company-wide.

Male

75%

Company-wide: 68%

Female

25%

Company-wide: 32%

SGS executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among SGS executive officers is White.
51% of the management team is White.
20% of SGS's management is Asian.
11% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
59% of employees are White.
16% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
12% of employees are Black or African American.

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What employees say about the executives at SGS

Employee reviews

2.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2023

Pros of working at SGS

Global company

Cons of working at SGS

Uneven salary levels for managers. It is based on the country local policies ,which somehow diacouraged some good managers to leave the company and find a better oportunity outside.

SGS benefits

Health insurance

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Aug 2021

Pros of working at SGS

Some great teams mates. Very good product and services. Good WFH program during COVID.

Cons of working at SGS

Management on my team was disorganized at best.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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