People on the Move
SAI Global, a certification body accredited by ANSI, has announced the upcoming retirement of Malcolm Phipps, vice president, corporate policies. As of August 1, 2010, Guillaume Gignac will be promoted to succeed Mr. Phipps in the position.
In his previous position as manager, strategic projects and forestry, Mr. Gignac was responsible for the development, maintenance, improvement, and growth efforts of SAI Global's forestry program. He is also a lead auditor and conducts certification and surveillance audits to ISO 14001, Environmental management systems; the Sustainable Forestry Initiative Standard (SFIS); and CAN/CSA-Z809, the Canadian National Standard for Sustainable Forest Management. He sits on several technical committees and association boards, and is a registered professional forester for the province of Quebec.
SAI Global is a management systems registrar that has provided more than 24,000 manufacturing and service locations with registration to a wide range of ISO and industry standards for quality and environmental systems. The organization is also involved in standards development and provides training courses on standards and registration in the quality and environmental management fields.
