Ian Gallienne
BOARD MEMBER
Administrative
SGS SA
Switzerland
Biography
Appointed to the board in July 2013, Ian Gallienne is a member of the SGS Board of Directors and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. Ian has a degree in Management and Administration, with a specialization in Finance, from Ecole Supérieure des Dirigeants d'Entreprises (ESDE) in Paris and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau. In 1992, he began his career in Spain as Co-Founder of a sales company. From 1995 to 1997, he was a member of management for a consulting firm, specializing in turning around struggling businesses in France. From 1998 to 2005, he was Manager of the private equity funds Rhône Capital LLC in New York and London. In 2005 to 2012, he founded the private equity funds Ergon Capital Partners in Brussels and was Managing Director of such funds until 2012. In 2012, he became Managing Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, of which he had been a Board Member since 2009. Other Activities and Functions adidas (D), Member of the Supervisory Board Imerys, Paris (F), Member of the Board and Chairman of the Strategic Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee, Member of the Appointments Committee Pernod Ricard S.A., Paris, (F), Member of the Board, Member of the Strategic Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee Umicore NV (BE), Member of the Board Erbe S.A. (BE), Member of the Board
Research Interest
Organic and Inorganic chemistry Physical & Synthetic chemistry Coordination Chemistry Computational Catalysis
