Saidov, Alim

Biography

Mr. Alim Saidov is Executive Vice President, Oil, Gas & Chemicals Services at SGS Ltd effective February 1, 2013. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President Oil, Gas & Chemicals & Environmental Services of the Company 2007. From 2001 till 2004, he served as Managing Director, Kazakhstan & Manager Caspian Region. In 2004, he was appointed as Chief Operating Officer, North America. From 2005 till 2007, he served as Chief Operating Officer, Eastern Europe & Middle East. Prior to assuming the position of Executive Vice President, Oil, Gas & Chemicals & Environmental Services, he served in Moscow for SGS Vostok, where he firstly held the position of Managing Director for Russia and then Chief Operating Officer for Eastern Europe and the Middle East from 2004. Before and then in the same year, he was given the Deputy of Chief Operating Officer of SGS North America. Previously, he worked for SGS Canada as Managing Director and Nafta Business Development Manager. In 1999, he went to Georgia where he took on the role of General Manager for the Georgian SGS office, before which he was Division Manager for Redwood Azerbaijan from 1995. He joined the Company, in 1993, as Senior Inspector for Redwood, Azerbaijan. In 1987, he received a degree in Engineering from Lomonosov Moscow State University, with a focus on Electro-Physics and, in March 1993, he received his Doctorate in Philosophy degree in Chemistry from Russian Academy of Sciences.

Research Interest

Chemistry