François Chabas appointed Chief Financial Officer for Bureau Veritas
Nicolas Tissot named Special Advisor to the CEO
Pascal Quint appointed Group General Counsel
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, August 31, 2018 - Bureau Veritas announces the appointment of François Chabas, effective September 3rd, 2018, as Executive Vice-President and Group Chief Financial Officer. Currently CFO of Bureau Veritas Europe Zone, François Chabas will be a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Nicolas Tissot wishes to pursue other opportunities and leaves his role of EVP, Finance and Legal Affairs, to become Advisor to the CEO before leaving the Group in January 2019.
"I am delighted that François Chabas is taking on the position of CFO. François has a perfect knowledge of Bureau Veritas' global operations, strategic challenges as well as the Group's competitive and commercial environment. François will lead the fi nancial teams and continue our transformation projects, notably our new financial information system and cash management optimization. I would like to thank Nicolas Tissot for launching large-scale and transformational projects for the financial function as well as for his contribution to the execution of the strategic plan during the last two years", stated Didier Michaud-Daniel, Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas.
Pascal Quint is appointed Executive Vice-President, Risk & Compliance Officer, Group General Counsel. He will be leading the legal and internal audit department and will report directly to the CEO.
"Pascal Quint has a great track record of success as a General Counsel in several international companies. He will be the ultimate guarantor of one of our absolutes: Ethics. I look forward to working closely with Pascal who will strengthen and broaden our team's expertise", commented Didier Michaud-Daniel.
Biographies :
François Chabas: Since 2014, Francois Chabas has been Senior Vice President Finance for the Europe Operating Group at Bureau Veritas. He started his career in 1999 as finance auditor at Ernst & Young. In 2003, he joined Bureau Veritas as Internal Auditor within the Corporate Finance team. From 2005 to 2008, he held several positions as finance director within the North and Central Europe Region. In 2008, he became Operational Director for the Nordic & Baltic District and was subsequently promoted as Vice President Certification for North & Central Europe. From early 2013 on, he combined his financial and operational experience to lead the finance organization of the South Europe Region as Vice President Finance South Europe. François Chabas graduated from HEC (France,1997) and holds a BA in History from La Sorbonne University (France, 1997).
Pascal Quint: After having graduated from law schools in France and in the UK, Pascal Quint started his career in private practice before moving to business companies. He practiced his role of in-house counsel, and then of General Counsel, in French and US groups and in various business sectors, in industry and services, B to B and B to C. He was, among other positions, the General Counsel of Euro Disney SCA and Cegelec and Secretary General of the Accor group. For the last 4 years, he was a transition manager and undertook several missions as general counsel in different companies.
| About Bureau Veritas Bureau Veritas is a world leader in laboratory testing, inspection and certification services. Created in 1828, the Group has around 75,000 employees located in more than 1,400 offices and laboratories around the globe. Bureau Veritas helps its clients improve their performance by offering services and innovative solutions in order to ensure that their assets, products, infrastructure and processes meet standards and regulations in terms of quality, health and safety, environmental protection and social responsibility. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the Next 20 index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI. For more information, visit www.bureauveritas.com | |
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