Chris Kirk

Biography

Chris Kirk has been a member of the SGS Board of Directors since 2015. Chris holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Zoology. He began his career at SGS in 1981 in New Zealand. From 1981 to 1987 he undertook a range of different roles in the company, including Operations Manager, Business Development Manager and General Manager for SGS New Zealand. Between 1987 and 1999, Chris held a number of senior positions in Thailand, Ghana, Singapore and Australia. He was appointed as Chief Operating Officer of the South East Asia/Pacific region in 2002 and was then appointed Vice President for Minerals and Environmental Services, a role he held for three years.  

Research Interest

As chemical use in consumer products continues to grow, health hazards, particularly for children’s products, are a constant industry focus. We help to alleviate your concerns by offering a range of laboratory services to test the safety of your goods and help control chemical use according to the tolerance levels in place for your industry. From pesticides and petrochemicals to perfumes and paints, chemicals and the products made from them are everywhere. That is why the chemicals industry is such big business, central to modern world economy. In its most fundamental form, we view the chemicals industry as converting raw materials such as oil, natural gas, air, water, metals and minerals into literally tens of thousands of finished products.It goes without saying that the chemicals industry is also highly complex, filled with intricate equipment and sometimes difficult and dangerous logistics.