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Geraldine MATCHETT
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality
Swiss
Date of birth
1972
Geraldine is the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Operations Council, having previously held the position of SGS Group Financial Controller. She has been part of the company’s corporate finance team since 2004 and, prior to this, she worked at Deloitte Switzerland with SGS as her main client. Before moving to Switzerland, she worked as an external auditor for KPMG based in London having previously joined Thames Water plc as a business graduate. Geraldine graduated with a degree in Geography and completed a Masters in Sustainable Development at Cambridge University, obtaining her Chartered Accountant qualification while working in the City.
Jean-Luc de BUMAN
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & IR
Nationality
Swiss
Date of birth
1953

Jean-Luc is Senior Vice President of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, Head of Corporate Development and a member of the Operations Council. Prior to joining SGS in 1998, he spent twenty years in International Corporate Finance at UBS, in Zürich, London and Frankfurt. He was Head of Fixed Income & Derivatives in Switzerland at UBS, previously having held the positions of Head of Capital Market Transactions & Risk Management and Vice President of Corporate Finance within the company. Jean-Luc studied Law at the University of Fribourg until 1978 and various programs at INSEAD, IMD and IBJ Tokyo.

Olivier MERKT
Senior Vice President, Legal & Compliance
Nationality
Swiss
Date of birth
1962
Olivier was appointed General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer for SGS in August 2008. Previously, he was vice president corporate development for the group. He has joined SGS in 2001 as in-house counsel. Prior to joining SGS, he was active in private practices, ultimately with Ernst & Young Legal in Geneva. Olivier holds a Doctorate degree in law from the Université of Neuchâtel Switzerland and an LLM degree from Cambridge University.
Dominique BEN DHAOU
Senior Vice President Human Resources
Nationality
Swiss
Date of birth
1965
Dominique is the Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Previously, she held the positions of Vice President of Human Resources and Assistant Vice President, Human Resources Manager. She joined SGS in 2001 as International Compensation & Benefits Manager, and in addition assumed the role of Africa Regional Human Resources Manager from 2003 to 2005. Prior to joining the company, Dominique worked in Human Resources at Firmenich S.A, Novartis Consumer Health and Levi Strauss & Co. Dominique received a Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel Industry Management in 1987.
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