Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dynamic leader with over 20 years of experience in Health, Safety, Environment, and Security (HSSE) management, driving performance and cultural change across Manufacturing, Logistics, Oil & Gas, and Construction industries. Based in Switzerland over the past 9 years, I have successfully led strategic HSSE initiatives for multinational companies, achieving measurable improvements in safety performance, risk reduction, and regulatory compliance. I specialize in building strong safety cultures, leading diverse global teams, and implementing innovative, data-driven strategies to foster continuous improvement. 20+ years in HSE Management System development 12+ years leading multicultural teams 12+ years in contractor HSE management 10+ years in incident investigation 8+ years in emergency and crisis management
Area >2600 Employees | 8 Countries | 20 Factories Member of the CPU Extended Leadership Team 1) Driving a unified Environment, Health & Safety vision across a complex international manufacturing footprint. 2) Ensuring strategic alignment with centralised objectives, regulatory compliance, and risk mitigation through proactive leadership and operational excellence
CHF 1.2B Turnover | Cluster >2500 Employees | 4 Countries | 6 Cement Plants | 120 Sites Member of the Holcim Central Europe West Leadership Team Driving Transformational Safety Leadership & Results 1) Strategic Impact: Developed and implemented a H&S strategy to boost senior management field engagement by 60% and cut serious injuries by 3x in two years. 2) Operational Leadership: Drove 100% HSE Scorecard completion and "High" cluster performance for two years running. 3) Inclusive Team Builder: Led a team of 25 professionals from 9 nationalities across 100+ sites in 4 countries. 4) Resilience Advocate: Ensured secure operations as Group Security and Resilience PoC, strengthening emergency response planning and crisis management
1) Ensured compliance with industry regulations, risk management, and safety program implementation, introducing initiatives that improved compliance rates by 20% in one year. 2) Analyzed and reported on HSE metrics, developing a data-driven dashboard to monitor and enhance HSE performance across 21 business units in 4 countries
New Region - AWS - Switzerland Supported the launch of a new Infrastructure Region as Country Safety Representative;
$4.2B Gas Pipeline Project | 900 km Onshore-Offshore | >6000 team members | 4 Countries - Led the HSE team achieving World Class H&S Performance: 52M man-hours | 150 Million km | ZERO (!) Serious Injuries 1) Functional manager to in-country H&S teams, which include expatriates and local nationals; 2) Provided overall H&S leadership and support to the country H&S teams, including EPC contractors; 3) Leading continuous improvement , strategies, risk assessments and programs to proactively identify H&S hazards and risks, H&S legal compliance, H&S best practices, heading the Incident Investigation program;
1) Coordinated the Corporate Country HSE Managers in delivering excellent HSE deployment; 2) Developed the company HSE Management System (policies, standards, audits, contractors assessment, learning/training program, budget, Crisis & Emergency Management, etc ); 3) Responsible for Crisis Management, developing the strategy to ensure a robust Crisis Management System.
South Stream Offshore Project – 900 km Offshore Gas Pipeline - Project Value: Euro 2.2 Billion 1) General organisation of the activities inside three different locations, managing a team of 30 people; 2) Stimulated with the necessary HSE Leadership, a new HSE culture along with the workforce (moving from a reactive to a proactive approach) in less than 24 months;