Damien Rousseau

Member of SGS Executive Committee - Head of Business Assurance

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

Damien Rousseau has 22 years of professional experience, with a strong background in finance (14 years) as CFO and Financial manager, both in France and abroad (UK), within major international industrials and services companies. He had been a consultant for 5 years, first at Ineum Consulting (Previously Deloitte), then with his own consulting company specialized in Organization & Finance (MTBLO), after having co-created and partnered in a family investments fund (Arsonval development) as Vice President Investments. He joined the Instruments Division of Essilor in 2011 as Chief Financial Officer of the Instruments Division. He was responsible for the management of finance, covering all entities of the instruments Division, as well as head of IT and Purchasing and Sourcing departments. He also led the change management projects for the Instruments Division, in particular in the field of distribution optimization or new businesses development. Since 2014, Damien has been appointed VP Americas of the Instruments Division, based in Dallas, TX. He manages the continuous business development of the Instruments Division in North and South America. He is directly managing Stereo-Optical and Essilor Instruments U.S. activity and he is also in charge of the acquisition in Americas Region

Experience

  • SGS (Full-time · 1 yr 10 mos)
    • Head of SGS Business Assurance - Member of SGS Executive Committee
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Head of SGS Digital Ventures
      Sep 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Startups: CertX, Digicomply

    • Managing Director SGS Central & Eastern Europe
      Sep 2024 - Oct 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

      Managing 13 Countries: Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Greece)

  • Holcim (Zurich, Switzerland)
    • Eastern Europe Area Manager
      Jan 2021 - Oct 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      Managing 5 countries: Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece, Azerbaijan Total Net Sales 850mCHF, EBIT 200mCHF 6 cement plants, 1770 FTEs

    • M&A Director EMEA Region
      Jan 2019 - Oct 2025 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    • CFO Europe Region
      Apr 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Essilor (5 yrs 7 mos)
    • Vice President Americas - Instruments Division
      Jan 2014 - Mar 2018 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      CEO Stereo Optical inc & Essilor instruments USA

    • CFO Instruments Division
      Sep 2012 - Dec 2013 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Consultant Freelance - Président at MTBLO
    May 2010 - Sep 2012 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    Conseil en Finance et Organisation

  • Directeur des participations at Arsonval Développement
    May 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos