Industry Business Leaders

Agriculture

Valentin Rossel

Valentin Rossel manages Intertek's global Agricultural services. Valentin and his team's agricultural commodity inspection and testing services support clients who trade, ship and store high value agri cargos across the world. Valentin brings to clients more than 10 years' experience in the industry, with local as well as international insight into agricultural product supply, having worked throughout the Americas, Asia-Pacific and EMEA-regions. E-mail Valentin Rossel

Analytical Assessment

Stuart Roberts

Stuart commenced his career in the testing and inspection industry in 1982 and subsequently joined Intertek in 2000. Having spent 20 years in operations he now leads Intertek's Analytical Assessment business, driving strategy and growth into new and established areas. Stuart's background includes laboratory management & development as well as extensive operational experience in cargo inspection, shipping & storage operations. He has managed two laboratory outsourcing projects and for the past two years has been responsible for the Australian & PNG operations for Intertek's Cargo and Analytical Assessment businesses. Stuart's experienced team delivers a diverse range of testing services to industry and government. E-mail Stuart Roberts 

Building Products

Gavin Campbell

Gavin Campbell is the Senior Vice President responsible for Intertek's Global Business Line of Building Products and also the Canadian Products business.  Prior to assuming his current role, he was a Regional Vice President responsible for Commercial and Electrical sales in North America.  Since joining Intertek in 1999, he has held several roles in the Building Products space starting on the technical side of the business before transitioning into sales and eventually up into the sales and operation management. E-mail Gavin Campbell 

Business Assurance (Systems Certification)

Calin Moldovean

Calin co-leads Intertek's global Business Assurance (Systems Certification) services and also leads the regional directors for the EMEA , India and Americas operations of Intertek's auditing and management systems certification group. Prior to this, Calin was Vice President of Auditing and Medical Services for the NAFTA region TÜV SÜD having joined the organisation in 1992 and holding a range of positions including Vehicle Safety Manager, Automotive Program Manager and Director of Operations. He has been a certified RABQSA lead auditor since 1996, auditing hundreds of organisations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Calin holds an M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering from Transylvania University (Brasov, Romania) and an Executive MBA from Suffolk University (Boston, USA). E-mail Calin Moldovean 

Cargo

Mike Jelfs

Mike is responsible for Intertek's Cargo business globally. He joined Intertek in 1989 as a marine surveyor in Intertek's Commodities division in Melbourne, Australia. Mike held a number of operational management positions in Australia and the Middle East before becoming General Manager of the Middle East in 2006. In addition to roles within Intertek Mike spent a number of years on secondment to Major Oil companies in Australia, focusing on marine transportation and cargo movement issues. In 2010 Mike was appointed as Vice President Middle East, South and East Africa and the Caspian region for Intertek's Commodities division. Prior to joining Intertek Mike served as an officer in the British Merchant Navy. E-mail Mike Jelfs 

Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals

Andrew Swift

Andrew Swift is Executive Vice President of Intertek's Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals division, which role he assumed in January 2008. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Global Outsourcing within Intertek's Commodities 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. E-mail Andrew Swift 

Electrical

Richard Adams

Rich Adams had led Intertek's Electrial business since December 2012. He was previously Vice President of Intertek's global Engineering & Certification services since 2008 where he oversaw the Engineering, Certification, Quality and Accreditations groups for Intertek's Commercial and Electrical division. He joined Intertek in 1993 as a Project Engineer and has held a number of various roles in operations management within the Americas region. Prior to this, Rich was Vice President of Operations for the Americas, managing the Western US, Canada and Mexico. Rich holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology – Electronics from California State University, Long Beach and an MBA from the University of Redlands. He also earned postgraduate certificates in Leadership from UCLA and Japanese Business Strategies from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. E-mail Richard Adams 

Exploration and Production Services

Raymond Pirie

Raymond Pirie is Vice President for Exploration and Production Services. He joined Intertek in 1978 as a chemist in the Aberdeen laboratory, and held a number of operational management positions with the Company until 1992 when he left to become Managing Director of a Norwegian Drilling and Production Contractor. He returned to Intertek in 1997 where he was responsible for development of Intertek's E&P laboratories and subsequently was appointed to the position of Director of Outsource Laboratories for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In June 2004, Raymond was appointed as Vice President of the EMEA Region. Raymond qualified as a chemist at Robert Gordon Institute of Technology in Aberdeen. Prior to joining Intertek, he worked at the Rowett Research Institute in the field of Agricultural Research. E-mail Raymond Pirie 

Food

Chetan Parmar

Since August 2011 Chetan leads the Global Food & Agri Services business, which includes testing, auditing and certification services in the food sector as well as trade-related Agri inspection services. Chetan joined Intertek in 2006, and his previous roles within Intertek include working as a Commercial Manager in the Europe, Middle East, Africa region for the Commodities division, and prior to this working on mergers and acquisitions in Savile Row as a Corporate Development Executive. Chetan holds a doctorate in Chemistry from Imperial College, London which was sponsored by Kodak, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with Deloitte in 2004. E-mail Chetan Parmar 

Government and Trade Services

David Gregory

David Gregory leads Intertek's Government and Trade Services (including, pre-shipping inspection, conformity programmes and container scanning) for the Group's government clients and commercial clients working in and with our government programmes. David has more than 25 years experience in managing and delivering a portfolio of trade quality and safety programmes to government clients around the world. Having successfully managed a number of the Group's significant long-term government projects, David continues to work with new and existing client countries and their regulatory administrators to implement new solutions to help them achieve their present and future goals in import and export quality assurance. E-mail David Gregory 

Industrial Services

Jan-Jörg Müller-Seiler

Jan-Jörg leads Intertek's Industry Services business, with responsibility for establishing Intertek as a global, full service provider of quality services to the Industrial services sector. Prior to joining Intertek, Jan-Jörg worked for TÜV SÜD Industrie service GmbH, as a member of the Board, with responsibility for their plant engineering and foreign business sectors. He started his career in Germany as a Project Engineer for Lurgi, an EPC Contractor in 1989 before being assigned to the UK as Project Manager becoming Operations Director and member of the Board of Lurgi UK Ltd in 2000. Jan-Jörg attended the Technical University of Aachen, Germany and graduated as a metallurgical Engineer. He also holds a MBA from the University of Mainz, Germany. E-mail Jan-Jörg Müller-Seiler 

Minerals

John Fowler

John Fowler is Vice President of Intertek's Minerals business. John joined Intertek in 1985 as a chemist in the Auckland, NZ laboratory before transferring to Australia, where he held a number of operational management roles within the company. In 1991 John relocated to West Africa as Intertek Country Managing Director in 1991 and in 1995 was appointed Intetek Minerals Group QA/QC Director, based in Vancouver. In 1997 John was appointed Vice President for Intertek Minerals in Asia, managing the Minerals businesses in the region from Jakarta, Indonesia, andrelocating again to Perth in 2008. John qualified as a chemist at Auckland Technical Institute in New Zealand. Prior to joining Intertek John worked as a consulting chemist for TJ Sprott & Associates, in the fields of environmental, pharmaceutical, minerals and forensic chemistry. E-mail John Fowler 

Softlines

Calvin Yam

Calvin Yam leads Intertek's Softlines business. He joined Intertek Hong Kong in 1980 from the textile coloration industry and managed the Textiles Department until 1985. He was then appointed to head the Inspection Department with responsibility for business growth. After a break of two years, Calvin rejoined Intertek Hong Kong as Sales and Marketing Manager in 1990. He relocated to Intertek UK, Leicester in 1992 focusing on business development with the UK, Nordic and Dutch retailers and customers. He relocated back to Hong Kong in 2007. Mr. Yam was educated at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Textile Coloration. He further studied at the University of Bradford, UK and obtained an MSc in Polymer Science. Mr. Yam is a Chartered Colorist. E-mail Calvin Yam 

Toys and Hardlines

Karen Ng

Karen leads Intertek's global operations for Toys and Hardlines. She joined Intertek as a Laboratory Manager, later progressing to General Manager in 2003. Prior to joining Intertek, Karen worked as a Quality Assurance Manager for a toy company. Karen attended Warwick University where she obtained an MSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering. E-mail Karen Ng 

Tradegood

Paul Yao

Paul Yao was appointed to lead Intertek's Tradegood business in December 2012. He was previously Chief Executive of Intertek Consumer Goods business and a member of the Executive management team since 2006. 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. In 2003 he became Vice President of Intertek Consumer Goods in China and Taiwan. Before joining Intertek, Paul worked in Regional Sales & Marketing in Hong Kong, Singapore and China for such companies as Hitachi Chemical, Brent Plc, SISIR Singapore. Paul 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. Paul is a member of the Technical Committee for Toy Safety in International Standards Organisation (ISO) and China. E-mail Paul Yao 

Transportation Technologies

Tim Hubbard

Tim Hubbard leads Intertek's Transportation Technoligies business and brings more than 25 years of insight and experience to clients in the industry. Tim's background includes leading the delivery of product and regulatory compliance testing and engineering services on a world-wide basis as well as third-party automotive component and systems design and production validation, test engineering, and operational and business development management. Tim and his team provide accredited certification services, testing and inspection to a wide range of automotive products, components and car-technologies to assist global and local clients with their safety, quality and performance needs. E-mail Tim Hubbard 

Wireless (ICT)

Darrell Lehman

Darrell Lehman leads Intertek's Wireless (ICT) business. The business serves testing, inspection and certification needs of clients from hardware, content and software, consumer electronics, telecoms, and networks. Prior to his current position, Darrell led mergers and acquisitions for Intertek's Commercial & Electrical division, introduced global business development, and co-led the division's Key Industry initiative. Darrell joined the company in 1992 as General Manager and has held Intertek positions in laboratory management, sales and marketing, and business development. Darrell holds degrees in Architectural Technology from MATC in Madison, WI, and Management and Information Technology from Daniel Webster in Nashua, NH. E-mail Darrell Lehman