SGS UK Management Team

Mrs Pauline Earl

Managing Director, SGS United Kingdom Limited – from October 2007
and Chief Operating Officer Western Europe – from September 2010
Pauline joined SGS in 1995 as an auditor in Belfast and has since held the positions of Client Manager, Certification Manager, Operations Manager and Business Manager for SSC (Systems and Services Certification). Pauline also spent nearly two years as Business Manager for Northern Ireland which involved being responsible for the following business operations in that region: SSC, OGC (Oil, Gas and Chemicals), AGRI (Agriculture) and Minerals.

Prior to joining SGS, Pauline worked in food manufacturing and food retail and has a BSc (Hons) degree in Food Science from Queens University, Belfast

Mr Jonathan Hall

Business Manager Government and Institution Services and Environmental Service
Jonathan joined SGS in 1992. After various management roles within the SSC business, he became Business Manager for Consumer Testing Services in 2003, additionally joining the global CTS management team with responsibility for International Sales and latterly as Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility business stream. After taking a sabbatical in 2009, Jonathan assumed the joint roles of Business Manager of GIS and Environmental Service at the beginning of  2010.

Jonathan has a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and, prior to joining SGS, worked in both the healthcare and financial services sectors.

Mrs Jan Saunders

Business Manager, Systems and Service Certification
Jan was appointed as Business Manager of SGS United Kingdom Ltd System and Services Certification (SSC)  in March 2011. Jan previously held the role of Business Manager for Automotive Services since November 2008.  She first joined SGS in April 1986 in the Government and Institution Services sector, where she held a number of management positions including Quality Manager and Operations Manager. Jan has also had management roles within a number of other SGS service sectors, including Product Certification for Iran, Saudi Arabia and Russia (GOST), Climate Change and Training and in Automotive where she was the Contract Manager for the Transport for London contract for the inspection and licensing of London’s Black Taxi and Private Hire fleets.

Mr Keith Hutchinson

Business Manager, Consumer
Keith Hutchinson joined SGS in 1996 in the Consumer Testing Services (CTS) sector and is currently Business Manager of CTS in the UK. Keith worked in Asia for SGS Taiwan during 1997-99 as Operations Manager in the E&E Laboratory and supported the businesses in Korea, China and Hong Kong. He holds a BEng (Hons) and MSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Dr Malcolm Cooper

Business Manager, Oil Gas and Chemicals Services
Malcolm has over 20 years of experience in the minerals and energy sector and joined SGS as OGC Business Manager in 2007. He started his career with British Coal Scientific Services and then spent 10 years in the Oil, Gas & Chemicals sector, working with BP at Hull and Grangemouth managing analytical laboratories. He was also Head of the Environment Agency’s National Laboratory Service, responsible for testing environmental samples across England and Wales. More recently he was MD of an environmental consultancy specialising in regulatory compliance. Malcolm is a Chartered Chemist and has a BSc (1st) Applied Chemistry and a PhD in Analytical Chemistry.

Mr Blane Paterson

Business Manager, Agricultural and Minerals Services
Blane has joined SGS in 2004 to lead the UK Agricultural and Minerals Services. Blane has brought with him over 25 years of superintendence experience, more than half of which was at operational management level. He has strong background in the inspection industry over a broad spectrum of commodities, including all grain commodities, minerals, fertilisers, oil, and Government Pre-Shipment Inspection Services.

Mr Mark Dowell

Business Manager Industrial Services
Mark has worked for SGS since 2001. With his background as a Chemist, Mark previously worked for an ICI company in the UK, mainly in commercial management roles. He has worked for various SGS divisions starting in Oil Gas & Chemicals sales. Through further roles within Consumer Testing operations and Service Certification, he is now the business Manager for the diverse Industrial Services business.

Mr Andrew Sarssam

Business Manager, Automotive Services
Andrew was appointed as Business Manager of SGS United Kingdom Ltd Automotive Services in April 2011. He joined SGS in April 2009 as commercial manager, having previously been a consultant and for 13 years a director of an automotive technology company. Andrew has 21 years experience in the Automotive sector working within transport, technology, insurance, telecommunications, insurance, and service outsourcing.

Dr Andrew Reason

Business Manager, Life Science Services
Andrew has over 20 years of experience in Pharma and Biopharma analytics and joined SGS in October 2010 via the acquisition of the M-Scan laboratory group. Andrew started his career at M-Scan Limited in January 1994 as a Biochemist and helped to develop the Biochemistry/Biotechnology analysis group within the M-Scan Group of companies and was appointed Managing Director of M-Scan Limited in October 2002. He was also involved in establishing the German M-Scan laboratory (now SGS M-Scan GmbH) in August 2006 and was appointed Managing Director of this facility in August 2006. Andrew has a B.Sc (Hons.) in Biochemistry from Swansea University and a Ph. D. in Biological Chemistry from Imperial College, London.

Mr David Martland

UK HR Manager
David has been employed by SGS from 2001 as UK HR Manager. A member of the UK’s senior management team, David manages a team of people responsible for delivering HR, training, payroll and pensions services to all SGS businesses and employees in the UK. David and his team are based in our head offices at Ellesmere Port.

Mrs Jane Griffiths

UK Finance Director
Jane Griffiths joined the finance team of SGS UK in 2003 and took over the role of UK Finance Director in January 2007. She began her career in finance with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Manchester where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. She was an audit manager from 1996-1999 and a senior manager from 1999-2003 looking after a range of audit clients. Jane holds a degree in Chemistry from Cambridge University.

Mrs Catherine Aldag

Manager – UK Legal Services
Catherine Aldag joined SGS United Kingdom Limited in April 2006 in order to provide an in house legal service to the company. She obtained a law degree from Leeds University before completing the Law Society Finals course at the College of Law, Chester. Catherine began her career in law at DWF law firm where she qualified as a solicitor in 1996. She was first Legal Counsel to Princes Limited, a large food importing company, before choosing to obtain further experience in corporate/commercial law in private practice and working in the public sector. She is a member of the SGS United Kingdom Management Team, contributing to the strategic development of the company.