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Howard Kerr
Chief Executive

Appointed Chief Executive of BSI Group in November 2008, Howard previously held key positions at SHV Holdings N.V. and Inchcape Plc. These included CEO, Calor Group Ltd, UK as well as senior commercial and general management positions in Asia and Middle East.  Most recently, he was a member of the Management Board of SHV Gas in The Netherlands.

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Martin Hannah FCCA
Group Finance Director

A Chartered Certified Accountant with a degree from King’s College London and joining BSI in 2007, Martin has extensive experience in both the manufacturing and service sectors, and has held senior management positions with Powergen, ESAB and El Paso.

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Jim Newell
Group HR Director

With extensive UK and international experience, Jim joined BSI in March 2009 from TI Automotive where he was Global HR and Communications Director.  Prior to this he held positions of VP of HR and Director at Land Rover University in North America, and HR Director at British Aerospace.

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Tony Wales
Interim Director of Legal Affairs and
Company Secretary

Tony joined BSI as Interim Director of Legal Affairs and Company Secretary in January 2010 bringing with him extensive international experience.  He was previously SVP and General Counsel of AOL International and prior to this he was General Counsel and Company Secretary at the Economist Group. Tony has an MA Jurisprudence from Oxford University.

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David Brown
Director, Corporate Development

Responsible for strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, David has held senior appointments in both the US and the UK, with specific responsibility for strategy and M&A in KPMG, Arthur D Little, Morgan Crucible, TRW/Lucas Varity and Rolls Royce.

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Ann Francke
Managing Director, Global Customer and Product Strategy


Before joining BSI in November 2009, Ann held senior international management roles including Chief Marketing Officer at Yell Group plc, Director of Strategic Marketing at Boots Group plc and European Vice President at Mars.  Prior to this she was Global General Manager of New Business Development at Proctor & Gamble. 

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Mike Low
Director, Standards

Before joining BSI in 2003, Mike was Director of Group Strategy & Performance at Amey plc; Director of Health Safety & Environment and Technical & Business Development Director for Nuclear Electric; and MD of British Energy's UK Generation, where he was also a Main Board Director.

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David Ford
Managing Director, Healthcare & Testing Services

David joined BSI in 2008 from leading healthcare product manufacturer and supplier Vernon-Carus where he was Sales & Marketing Director.  Prior to this he held the position of Managing Director UK & Ireland for Alaris Medical Systems, and earlier held senior positions with St Jude Medical and Medtronic.

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Todd VanderVen
President, BSI Americas

Todd joined BSI in 2008 from SGS where he was Senior Vice President responsible for global strategy and development for all SGS divisions.  Prior to this he held several senior positions at Eastman Kodak including COO for Kodak’s Healthcare business outside the US and Chief Marketing Officer for their Healthcare Division.

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Rob Wallis
Managing Director, BSI EMEA

With a career of more than 25 years in IT services, outsourcing and management consultancy, Rob joined BSI in 2008 having held managing director and senior management positions at LogicaCMG, EDS and Hedra. He has extensive commercial experience working with clients in the transport, supply chain, manufacturing and retail sectors.

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Mark Basham
Managing Director, BSI Asia Pacific

Mark joined BSI in 2008 from Invensys APV where he was Regional General Manager EMEA.  Prior to this he held significant international business development and general management roles at Xerox, Dell and Fujitsu Siemens.

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