Os Porta-vozes do BSI Group e seu histórico profissional

Susan Taylor Martin

Susan Taylor Martin

Chief Executive (N, S)

Skills and opportunities
Susan Taylor Martin joined the Board and was appointed Chief Executive in January 2021. Susan has led a range of information, publishing and software businesses, first at Reuters and then at Thomson Reuters. Most recently, as President of its Global Legal Business based in New York, she led the transformation of its online information service into an AI-enabled suite of digital and SaaS offerings. She has experience of the consumer, leisure and hospitality sector having been a Non-Executive Director of Whitbread PLC. She also possesses a strong network across a wide range of businesses, as former Chair of the London Council of the Confederation of British Industry.

Other appointments
Susan is Non-Executive Director of the University of Cambridge Press
& Assessment Board.


Scott Steedman CBE FREng

Scott Steedman CBE FREng

Director-General Standards and Executive Director

Scott joined in January 2012 and was appointed to the Board in October 2012.  An engineer by profession, he started his career as a Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Cambridge before moving to industry where he spent over 20 years as a consultant working in the Built Environment sector. He was a Non-Executive Board Member of the Port of London Authority from 2009 to 2015 and served as Vice-President (Policy) for the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) from 2013 to 2017 and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) from 2017 to 2021.

Other Board appointments
None.


Devyani Vaishampayan

Devyani Vaishampayan

Group HR Director

Devyani joins BSI from G4S where she held the position of Regional Human Resources Director (HRD) for Asia Pacific and Middle East, based in Hong Kong. She brings with her a wealth of multi-sector, UK and international experience, has led transformational change programmes and developed leadership and talent agendas across diverse cultural organizations.


Dr Manuela Gazzard

Dr Manuela Gazzard

Group Director Regulatory Services

Manuela was appointed in July 2018, having joined BSI in April 2017 to head up its healthcare sector strategy as Managing Director of Healthcare. Manuela has over twenty years of leadership experience in the global life sciences sector including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotech, and other related fields. Her extensive experience includes positions as Managing Director, NovaPrep and Lab Services at Novacyt; Group Commercial Director, Johnson Matthey/Macfarlan Smith; and Director positions at Johnson & Johnson/Janssen and Boehringer Ingelheim. Manuela worked internationally in cancer research prior to her corporate career.


Harold Pradal

Harold Pradal

Chief Commercial Officer

Harold was appointed in February 2019, having been leading P&Ls and growth initiatives across various geographies and business units for the previous two decades, at country and regional levels. Harold started his career in sales and marketing with GE Healthcare, before joining International SOS where he undertook a variety of senior leadership roles, including Regional Managing Director for Asia. Harold brings deep experience of the Asia Pacific region alongside his sales, marketing and commercial leadership expertise.