Management

André Lacroix

Chief Executive Officer
Appointed to the Intertek Board as Chief Executive Officer in May 2015. André is an experienced Chief Executive with a strong track record of delivering long-term growth strategies and shareholder value with global companies across diverse territories. André was previously Group Chief Executive of Inchcape Group plc from 2005 to 2015 and prior to this he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euro Disney S.C.A. From 1996 to 2003 he was the President of Burger King International, previously part of Diageo. André is currently the Senior Independent Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group plc and Chairman of Good Restaurants AG.

Diane Bitzel

Group Chief Information Officer
Joined Intertek in May 2018 as Chief Information Officer. Diane has over 22 years of global management experience, particularly in the areas of IT strategy, operations and management, HR transformation, and business strategy and process implementation. Diane’s previous roles include CIO for global life science and food companies including Syngenta AG, Apetito AG and Lonza Group, as well as a senior leader in management consulting for leading organizations including Capgemini. Diane has a MSc in Maths, a PhD. from Heidelberg University and an MBA from Bocconi University.

Alex Buehler

Executive Vice President, Global Resources
Joined Intertek in 2017. Alex has responsibility for Global Resources, comprising our business lines of Industry Services, Minerals, and Exploration & Production. Prior to joining Intertek, Alex was President and CEO of Energy Maintenance Services (EMS) and before this held senior executive management positions at Energy Recovery and Insituform Technologies, Inc. (now Aegion Corporation) in both the U.S. and Europe. Alex has a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.B.A. in Finance.

Ian Galloway

Executive Vice President, Middle-East, Africa and Global Trade
Joined Intertek in 2011. Ian is responsible for the Middle-East, Africa and Global Trade comprising our business lines of Government & Trade Services, Cargo & Analytical Assessment and Agricultural Services. Prior to assuming his current role, Ian held senior finance and business roles within Intertek. He has previously held international roles in finance management with BG Group in the UK, Egypt and Tunisia. Ian is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Tony George

Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Joined Intertek in 2015. Tony is responsible for Human Resources. He has over 28 years' experience in HR, General Management and Business Development having held senior leadership positions in international FMCG, chemicals, telecommunications and retail companies including Vodafone plc, Starbucks, Diageo plc and ICI. Prior to joining Intertek, he was Group HR & Business Development Director at Inchcape plc.

Ken Lee

EVP Marketing and Communications
Joined Intertek in 2016. Ken has responsibility for Intertek’s marketing as well as internal and external communications. He joined the company from Inchcape plc where he spent 13 years in various senior marketing roles, most recently as Chief Marketing and Communications Officer. Prior to this he held marketing leadership positions with RAC Motoring Services and Hyundai Car (UK) Ltd.

Patrick Lee

Joint CEO, Intertek Greater China
Patrick joined Intertek in 2018 and is joint CEO of the Group’s Greater China region. Prior to joining Intertek, he was CEO of Inchcape Greater China and has over 30 years’ management experience with a proven track record of success with blue-chip companies including P&G, Coca-Cola and Agfa Gevaert. Before joining Inchcape, Patrick served as the Group General Manager, Sales and Marketing of Kerry Beverages Ltd. Patrick holds a BBA and an MBA from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Graham Ritchie

Executive Vice President, Europe
Joined Intertek in 2014. Graham is responsible for Intertek’s operations in Europe, including Russia, and Central Asia. Prior to assuming his current role, Graham was Intertek’s Group Financial Controller. Before joining the company he held senior financial positions at BT Group plc and other technology services organisations, having started his career with PwC.

Julia Thomas

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Joined Intertek in 2013. As SVP Corporate Development, Julia has responsibility for Intertek's acquisition and disposal activities. Before joining Intertek, Julia spent 12 years in investment banking with J.P. Morgan Cazenove and Rothschild, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions.

Mark Thomas

Group General Counsel
Joined Intertek in 2015. Mark has responsibility for Intertek’s legal, risk and compliance functions. He joined Intertek from Inchcape plc where he was Group General Counsel. Prior to this, Mark was in private practice with Slaughter and May in London, advising on a wide range of public and private M&A transactions, equity and debt financing, and general corporate law issues.

Gregg Tiemann

Executive Vice President, Americas, North Asia and Australasia
Joined Intertek in 1993. Gregg has responsibility for the Americas, North Asia and Australasia. Prior to assuming his current role, Gregg was responsible for the Americas and North Asia as well as the Consumer Goods and Commercial & Electrical divisions, having started as General Manager of the Los Angeles laboratory in 1993. Before joining Intertek, Gregg worked in sales and marketing for the software industry.