Jean-Michel Perret is the District Chief Executive for Nigeria and the Managing Director of Bureau Veritas Nigeria Limited. He is based in Lagos. He has been working for Bureau Veritas since 2011. Before arriving in Nigeria, he was in charge of the management of Government Services’ activities in Southern Africa and in DRC as well as Bureau Veritas Namibia. He has 26 years of professional experience amongst which 23 on General Management in multicultural African environment gained across various countries in the Transport & Logistics Industry (General Cargo, Industrial and O&G Projects), International Trade, Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry ; including Business to Business & Business to Government skills.
He is responsible to support develop the activities of Bureau Veritas in Nigeria.        
Jean-Michel holds a Master’s degree in Business Management & Marketing specialized in International Trade.

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