Paul Harrison
President, SGS S.A.
Paul Harrison is currently Vice President – Agri Commodities, a Strategic Business Unit of the SGS Group (SGS is the worlds leading Inspection and Testing Organization). He started his Career in 1986 as a General Business Trainee for William Gleadell and Sons, one of the UK’s largest Grain Merchants. After gaining experience in Grain Trading, Execution, Logistics and Export Activities. He entered the Inspection and Testing Industry leading operations for a number of years prior to entering the International Business responsible for Operations and Regional Development of the Former Soviet Union. He moved to Switzerland in 1995 and in 2003 he joined SGS Group in Geneva, where he quickly became involved in the commercial leadership of the Agri business. In 2014 he was appointed the Business Unit Leader.