Strength in diversity

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Gérald is known as a man of challenge and action, constantly in search of stimulating, innovative ideas. He is presently guiding several companies in their process of developing a culture of health and safety excellence, covering the areas of leadership, occupational health and safety management, and behaviour-based prevention.

He is the president and founder of the Perrier Consulting Group and has 40 years of experience in occupational health and safety and human resource management. He has significant expertise in accident prevention and critical risk management. He can boast several successful achievements with major companies that now rank among the best in terms of occupational health and safety.

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Olivier has recognized experience in occupational health and safety and management gained through his positions as health and safety manager, director of human resources and general manager at several industrial organizations. He now works as an expert prevention and quality consultant for well-known companies around the world.

A seasoned trainer and coach, his work has allowed him to develop strong leadership skills through his great ability to support management teams and interact with managers and employees at all levels of a company. He also has solid management experience, which allows him to align prevention and quality with business strategies and performance objectives.

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Myriam holds a degree from the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the field of occupational health and safety. She is the first person from Canada to have completed this program. She also has an undergraduate degree in international relations and law.

Known for her creativity, sense of innovation and ability to easily write and summarize technical and legal content, she recently assisted the Québec Mining Association (AMQ) in updating their auditing program and helped the Niobec Mine improve their risk analysis process.

With a keen interest in developing new solutions, she is actively involved in different events, such as the Marcus Evans forums, to keep abreast of new trends.

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Mélanie has 20 years of experience in the fields of occupational health and safety and human resource management, first as the manager of the publishing department and more recently as the leader of operations, supporting the organization’s entire consulting staff in their work assignments worldwide.

Mélanie is known as a creative and organized person who collaborates with clients to deliver projects that meet their quality standards while constantly seeking innovative ways to make their projects more dynamic.

She studied business computing at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and earned two Diplomas of College Studies at the Cégep de Chicoutimi and the Cégep de Jonquière, where her majors were science and administration, respectively. 

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Marie works around the world in organizational development and management for several organizations. She works with organizations in transition, helping them with restructuring, strategic planning, and change processes.

She supports management teams in their new leadership through team building and coaching. With extensive training experience, from needs analysis to program design and delivery, she focuses on practising implementing competencies, including change processes, performance management, and leadership in the areas of health and safety and quality. 

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Mario is known for his encouragement of innovation and creativity in the quest for continuous improvement towards the achievement of the highest safety standards and in keeping with quality, productivity and cost control requirements.

He attended college at the Cégep de St-Hyacinthe, where he earned a Diploma of College Studies in production and quality control, then went on to study management at the Université de Sherbrooke. He has 30 years of experience in the fields of occupational health and safety and human resource management. He has also received advanced training in the field of human resources and health and safety in the specific areas of problem solving, training needs analysis, accident investigation and analysis, behaviour-based prevention, training the trainer, change leadership, audits, and effective meetings.

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Bertrand has 30 years of experience in a variety of industrial fields, having worked as an industrial manager and manager of occupational health and safety and quality management systems (ISO 14001, 9001, OHSAS 18001).

He has delivered many training programs in the quality and health and safety fields, dealing with topics such as problem solving, the establishment of integrated quality, safety and environment (QSE) systems, audits, psychosocial risk management, manager coaching, behaviour-based prevention, risk assessment documents, accident investigation and analysis, training the trainer, regulatory analyses and compliance (occupational health risks), etc.

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Pierre has over 30 years of experience in the field of occupational health and safety and human resource management gained through management positions for large companies in the manufacturing and construction sectors. Pierre is a visionary leader, a team player with strong leadership skills in the development and implementation of HR and OHS programs as well as in change management. He is known for his dynamic approach and his highly analytical mind. In addition, he has strong knowledge of the contexts in which organizational culture is acquired and changed.

He earned an undergraduate degree in industrial relations from Université Laval as well as a certificate in administration from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. He is also a black belt in continuous improvement and has received advanced training in OHS auditing, leadership skills, success strategies and practices, and organizational development.

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Hajnalka has 15 years of experience in training, consulting, and coaching focusing on competency and organizational development. She also has a solid background in psychology. 

Drawing from her first-hand experience in human resource management in large multinational companies, she supports organizations in the development of leadership skills and provides them with tools to improve performance and attitudes and to deal with cultural changes. Working in several countries, she has very good results as a coach at all management levels in the different environments she finds herself in.

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Mara has 20 years of experience in individual and group coaching and in facilitation in the fields of leadership, communication, conflict management, resilience, and intercultural issues. She has training in psychology and education. 

She has lived in different countries and worked with global companies in different public and private sectors, mostly in Europe, but also in Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. She understands the problems that leaders have to deal with and maintains a pragmatic, realistic vision in her approach to training and coaching by adopting a systemic approach to support cultural change in organizations. 

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Elke holds a Master’s Degree in pedagogy and psychology from Heidelberg University. She has worked as a professional coach and trainer for more than 20 years. She developed extensive expertise working for international companies, focusing on communication, leadership, team collaboration, and change management in the areas of health and safety and the environment.

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Andrea has more than 15 years of experience in production and change management.

She stands out as a consultant through her work aimed at improving management processes and through the support she provides as a coach and trainer handling subjects such as communication, management, stress prevention, and occupational health and safety.

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Alejandro is known for his strong human qualities and innovative spirit. He has 27 years of experience helping managers become more effective through changes in their own behaviours. He supports many companies in their prevention initiatives by guiding them to a culture of excellence via improvements at the leadership level.

He has implemented many behaviour-based safety processes in large and medium-sized companies. The tools he has developed, combined with his extensive experience, allow him to work effectively at all organizational levels.

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An engineer with 35 years of experience, Alain holds engineering degrees from the Arts et Métiers engineering school and the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble. In his consulting work, he is known for his extensive on-the-job experience and his credibility as a manager. His presentations are always very relevant and he is skilled at communicating with executives, managers, and middle managers alike.

In the occupational health and safety field, he has had a keen interest in value creation as it relates to a company’s strategy and in the analysis of the impact of managerial behaviours on health and safety outcomes. He views human behaviours and leadership as key elements in the process of achieving excellence.

His extensive on-the-job operations experience in industrial facilities enables him to make credible, high-level diagnoses due to his actual achievements in fields as varied as heavy industry and the manufacturing industry.

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Sarah has been working as a consultant since 2007, focusing on implementing change management processes (nationally and internationally) in health and safety, on leadership in general, and on management coaching. Her main focus is bringing companies to the next level of safety culture by changing the behaviour of all company members. Sarah graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Lüneburg (Northern Germany) with a degree in business psychology. She has also completed training in systemic coaching at dr. alexander et kreutzer (a systemic management consulting company).

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Katharina holds a Bachelor of Arts in business psychology from EBC University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. Prior to that, she had completed an apprenticeship as industrial manager in a large renowned company in Hamburg, where she gained experience, even during her studies, in the human resources department. She discovered her passion for the psychology of occupational safety during an internship at a consulting firm. After graduating from university, she expanded her knowledge in behaviour-based safety work during coaching assignments in Germany and Austria. She works internationally as a coach and develops new concepts and tools.

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