Bureau Veritas appoints Santiago Arias Duval as Executive Vice-President for the Americas region

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 17, 2025--

Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC), is pleased to announce the appointment of Santiago Arias Duval, effective November 17 th, 2025, as Executive Vice-President, Americas. This appointment is in line with Bureau Veritas’ new operating model effective since September 1 st, 2025.

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Bureau Veritas is evolving the structure of its executive committee to drive greater organizational alignment. This organization will empower the regions with scalable Product Lines, enabling global solutions development, and will be unlocking wider cross-selling opportunities.

The Americas region is created to leverage fast developing market opportunities across countries in North, Central and South America. This is a dynamic region for all Bureau Veritas where the group intends to expand its leadership across product lines and create new strongholds in high growth markets. The new Americas region organization will facilitate the scaling of new solutions and services and will enable superior resources utilization across all Product Lines.

Santiago Arias Duval will report to Hinda Gharbi, Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas, and joins the Group Executive Committee.

Hinda Gharbi, Chief Executive Officer of Bureau Veritas, commented: “ I am delighted to welcome Santiago to the Group Executive Committee. With his wide industrial experience, proven business achievements and global operations exposures, he will drive our growth and development agenda in North, Central and South America. I am confident that Santiago and the Americas teams will take the region to the next level of growth and performance and will deliver on our LEAP I 28 ambition.

Santiago Arias Duval, Executive Vice-President, Americas commented:"I am honored to join Bureau Veritas and its talented teams across North, Central and South America. The region presents a significant opportunity for growth and for building on the company's strong foundation of technical excellence, innovation, and trust. I look forward to working closely with Hinda, the Executive Committee, and the Americas team to accelerate growth, deepen our customer relationships, and advance the ambitions of the Leap I 28 strategy."

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Biography:

Santiago Arias Duval served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Precision Technologies at Ingersoll Rand. In this role, he was responsible for the overall strategy, operations, and commercial performance of a diverse set of businesses serving customers across multiple industries worldwide.

Joining Ingersoll Rand in 2017, Santiago held a series of leadership roles of increasing responsibility, including General Manager of Industrial Pumps and Medical North America and Vice President and General Manager of the Vacuum & Liquid Handling, and Life Sciences businesses. Throughout his tenure, Santiago has consistently delivered above-market organic growth, executed multiple acquisitions, and driven significant EBITDA margin expansion through commercial excellence, operational efficiency, and disciplined portfolio management.

Before joining Ingersoll Rand, Santiago held leadership positions at Danaher Corporation, where he served as Packaging Business Unit Leader for X-Rite and as a consultant within the Danaher Business System Office, supporting global operating companies on new product commercialization. Earlier in his career, he worked in product management at Fluke (Danaher) and in operations at General Motors.

Santiago holds a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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About Bureau Veritas

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in inspection, certification, and laboratory testing services with a powerful purpose: to shape a world of trust by ensuring responsible progress. With a vision to be the preferred partner for customers’ excellence and sustainability, the company innovates to help them navigate change.

Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas’ 84,000 employees deliver services in 140 countries. The company’s technical experts support customers to address challenges in quality, health and safety, environmental protection, and sustainability.

Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, SBF 120 indices and is part of the CAC SBT 1.5° index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.

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Santiago Arias Duval, EVP Americas at Bureau Veritas

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NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Sepp Straka made three birdies and two eagles on the par 5s for an 8-under 64 and seized on some late misses by Scottie Scheffler to take a one-shot lead Saturday going into the final round of the Hero World Challenge.

Straka chipped in for eagle on the par-5 sixth and played great golf just to keep pace with Scheffler, who had five straight 3s on his scorecard to start the third round and was 9 under for his round through 15 holes.

Scheffler, going for a third straight win at Albany Golf Club, has stumbled over the final three holes every day this week — a double bogey on the 16th on Thursday, a bogey on the 16th on Friday, and then a bogey-par-bogey finish.

He still had a 65 and will be in the final group with Straka on Sunday.

Straka seized on the par 5s. Along with his chip-in on the sixth hole, he holed an 18-foot eagle putt on the downwind, par-5 15th. He also hit a 3-wood that landed perfectly in front of the green at the par-5 ninth that rolled out to 15 feet for a two-putt birdie.

He trailed Scheffler by three shots through five holes, and by two shots with four holes left. But Straka was bogey-free on the day and finished at 18-under 198.

“He definitely got it going quick,” Straka said of the world's No. 1 player. “It didn’t look like he was going to miss a putt there for a little bit. But it’s golf, it usually evens out a lot and I just tried to focus on my own game.”

The only par 4 that Straka birdied was No. 7, where the tee was moved back. That kept players from trying to drive the green and instead tested them with a wedge to a dangerous back-left pin. Straka took it on and hit it to 7 feet.

Scheffler, who went left of the 16th fairway the opening two rounds — one of those leading to a penalty drop from a bush — this time found the short grass and it wasn't much better. He had an awkward stance, tugged it left into a bunker and the ball buried in the sand, leading to bogey.

He also dropped a shot on the 18th by missing the green to the right — water is left — leaving a tricky pitch up the slope.

“A few unfortunate breaks, but overall did some really good stuff,” Scheffler said.

Alex Noren (67) and Hideki Matsuyama (68) were three shots behind Straka, while J.J. Spaun and Wyndham Clark each shot 69 and were four behind.

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Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, studies his putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at Albany Golf Club in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, reacts to making a birdie on the fourth hole during the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Scottie Scheffler, of the United States, reacts after the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Sepp Straka, of Austria, reacts after his putt on the 18th hole during the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at Albany Golf Club in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Sepp Straka, of Austria, watches his hit from the sand on the 6th hole during the third round of the Hero World Challenge PGA Tour at the Albany Golf Club, in New Providence, Bahamas, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)