Frederic S.

Group Vice President - Industrial Assurance at SGS / Managing Director at SGS Switzerland

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

About

A seasoned executive working across markets, cultures and geographies. A leader with a focus on building, driving, realigning and developing business on a global scale - by engaging driven teams. At the same time, an entrepreneur with a strong record in the field of technology services. Key competencies include: - Business strategy creation & deployment - Development of collaborative, delivery driven teams - Cross-cultural & change management - Corporate finance and control - Business & Sales management - Languages: EN, SP, FR, DE, IT, Swiss German.

Experience

  • SGS (22 yrs 7 mos)
    • Group Vice President - Industrial Assurance & Managing Director, SGS Switzerland (as of 1/15/26)
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Driving the development of CAPEX and OPEX Assurance for our clients by means of inspection, supervision, certification, lab testing, engineering and advisory services. Key axis of development: OT Assurance, combining system integration and ICS/OT cybersecurity Managing Director for SGS Switzerland: leading the Swiss operations management team #renewable energy, #rail, #manufacturing, #process industries, #infrastructure, #cyber safety, #energy, #sustainability

    • Group Vice President - Manufacturing & Processing industries
      Feb 2021 - May 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      Developing SGS presence and delivery with the Manufacturing & Processing industries globally. SGS new structure, focused on customer needs, has brought together teams who will offer pragmatic solution consolidation platforms. A key focus for us is to provide our customers a sensible approach to managing and delivering industrial and public health & safety across their products, operations and supply chains.

    • Group Vice President, Head Business Development Industrial & Industrial Product Certification
      Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Developing Business at a global level for the Division - we generate Leads, we support local sales, we develop new services and markets. We leverage our local and regional presence to support the successful development of our customers into new markets (for them), where they can rely on the SGS professionalism and steadfastness they enjoy in their home markets.

  • Investor at Helimap System SA
    Jan 2008 - Jun 2020 · 12 yrs 6 mos

    Helimap System SA delivers extremely high precision mapping using airborne deployed LiDar & imaging. Active on all continents with hundreds of successful projects in segments ranging from Mining to Oil & Gas to rail / road / power infrastructure (construction and asset management). Helimap System was acquired by Sixense (an affiliate of Groupe Vinci) in June 2020.

  • Investor at Gold Standard Phantoms
    Jun 2017 - Jun 2017 · 1 mo

    GSP is a technology MedTech spin-off of University College London (UCL) focusing on quantitative medical imaging.

  • Investor at Easy2map SA
    Aug 2012 - Aug 2012 · 1 mo

    Easy2map deploys innovative solutions to acquire, add value to and manage geo-data. Clients range from municipalities to railway companies to pipeline companies. Drones, LiDar, photorammetry and geo-tagged intelligent imaging are at the core of its offering.

  • Chairman of the Board at BS&A - B Schenk SA
    Jan 1999 - Jan 2004 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    BS&A is a privately owned civil, hydraulics & survey engineering company active in Western Switzerland. I worked there first as a project manager - public infrastructures, real estate development and large water resources management related projects. Then partner and chairman of the board from 2006 until now.