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The day-to-day management of the Group is undertaken by the Intertek Operations Committee (IOC). The IOC currently comprises the three Executive Directors, the six Executive Vice Presidents who head up the operating divisions and the Vice President of Human Resources.
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Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer in March 2005 after serving as a Non-Executive Director since November 2002. He was previously Chief Executive Officer of TÜV Product Services for 10 years and Chief Executive Officer and President of TÜV Süddeutschland AG from 1998 to 2002. Starting his career as a scientist in pharmacology and ergonomics, he established and led a broad range of successful international service industry businesses over 25 years. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director of Logica plc.
Lloyd Pitchford
Chief Financial Officer
Appointed to the Board as Chief Financial Officer in April 2010. He had previously spent 11 years with BG Group plc in various operational and corporate finance roles in the UK and Middle East; the last 5 of which were as Group Financial Controller. He started his career with Mobil Oil Corporation, where he held various financial, commercial and management roles in the UK over seven years.
Lloyd is a Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MBA from Herriott Watt University.
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Chief Operating Officer
Appointed to the Board and appointed Chief Operating Officer of Intertek Group plc on 1 January 2008. As COO, he leads the global integration of sales, key account management, global information systems and country-focused activities across the Group. Previously, he was Chief Executive of Intertek’s Oil, Chemical & Agri division. Before this, he was Vice President of the division in the Americas and prior to that, divisional Vice President in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He joined the Group in 1988 as Operations Manager in Liverpool and in 1993 he was promoted to Regional Manager for Scotland, based in Aberdeen. Prior to joining Intertek, he spent 13 years at Inspectorate including six years in the Middle East.
Paul Yao
Group Executive Vice President
Consumer Goods
Paul Yao became Consumer Goods Chief Executive and was appointed a member of the Executive management team on 1st July 2006. Prior to this, from January 2003, he was Vice President with responsibility for Consumer Goods in China and Taiwan. He joined Intertek in 1994 as the Senior Marketing Manager of Intertek Hong Kong, and was promoted to General Manager of Toys, Food & Hardlines Division in 1998.
Before joining Intertek, Mr. Yao worked in Regional Sales & Marketing in Hong Kong, Singapore and China for such companies as Hitachi Chemical, Brent Plc, SISIR Singapore.
Mr. Yao attended the University of Hong Kong, where he obtained a degree in Chemistry. He also holds a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK.
Mr. Yao is a member of the Technical Committee for Toy Safety in International Standards Organisation (ISO) and China.
Stefan Butz
Group Executive Vice President
Industrial Services
Stefan Butz leads the Industrial Services division, and has responsibility for the Group functions of Strategy, Corporate Development, and Marketing.
Stefan has held this role since January 2008, when he joined Intertek from TÜV SÜD. At TÜV SÜD, Stefan was CEO & President of North America after being Head of Corporate Development. Prior to this, he was a Manager in the Strategy group of Accenture Germany, and began his career as a management consultant.
He holds a Master of Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) from the University of Bayreuth, and attended Executive Programmes at Harvard Business School and The Wharton School.
Jonathan Lawrence
Group Executive Vice President
Human Resources
Jonathan Lawrence is Vice President with responsibility for Human Resources within Intertek Group plc. Mr Lawrence has many years experience as an international human resources director and of the testing and inspection business based from the UK, France and the USA. Before moving to Intertek, he was a member of the Group Executive Committee at Bureau Veritas as Group Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Before that he was Group Director Management Development at Valeo, the worldwide automotive systems and components manufacturer.
In addition to Human Resources, his career includes periods in project engineering, total quality management, mergers and acquisitions, and restructuring in manufacturing industries.
Mr Lawrence is a Chartered Engineer BSc in Production Engineering, is a Member of the Institute of Personnel and Development, and a Member of the Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Andrew Swift
Division Executive Vice President
Analytical Services
Andrew Swift is Executive Vice President of Intertek’s Analytical Services division, a role he assumed in January 2008. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Global Outsourcing within Intertek’s Oil, Chemical & Agri Division. Dr. Swift joined Intertek in 2001 as Business Development Manager of the Group’s laboratory facilities at Sunbury (UK). He became Business Development Manager of outsourcing in Europe, Africa and the Middle East in 2002, and then Director of Global Outsourcing in 2003. Dr. Swift began his career by launching CSMA Ltd (a high technology analytical consulting company), of which he became Managing Director in 1993. Both of Andrew's degrees are from UMIST, and he is a Chartered Chemist of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Gregg Tiemann
Division Executive Vice President
Commercial & Electrical
Gregg Tiemann is Executive Vice President of Intertek’s Commercial & Electrical division, having assumed this role in January 2008. Previously, since 2004, he was President of Intertek’s Commercial & Electrical division in Europe and the Americas. Having joined Intertek in 1993, Gregg was appointed General Manager of Los Angeles and Mexico City laboratories in 1995, and became Vice President of Operations in 1998. In 2001, he became Vice President of Sales for the division in the Americas, and in 2003, he became Senior Vice President of Americas conformity assessment business. Mr. Tiemann began his career in the high technology sector, where he spent five years in sales and marketing.
Jay Gutierrez
Division Executive Vice President
Oil, Chemical & Agri
and Government Services
Jay Gutierrez is Executive Vice President of Intertek’s Oil, Chemical & Agri division, which role he assumed in January 2008. Previously, he was Vice President for the division in the Americas. Jay joined Intertek in 1997 with a primary focus on developing the Group’s Chemical stream. He was promoted to Area Controller, West Coast in April 1999, and later assumed responsibility for International Coordination and Sales/Marketing. In October 2002, Jay became Vice President, Americas for the division.
Jay began his career in the inspection industry in 1982 and prior to joining Intertek, he spent 8 years as General Manager for C. J. Thibodeaux, Inc.
Marc Hoffer
Division Executive Vice President
Minerals
Marc Hoffer has been Executive Vice President in charge of Intertek’s Minerals division since January 2008, and of Intertek’s Oil, Chemical & Agri division in Asia, since joining Intertek in 2005.
Prior to joining Intertek, Marc spent 13 years at SGS, where he worked for 8 years as Country Manager in Taiwan, Brazil and Switzerland, and for 5 years as Regional Financial Controller for Asia and Europe.
Marc holds a Master of Science in Management degree, and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.
