On May 26, 2016, Bureau Veritas announced the appointment of Nicolas Tissot as Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer. He replaces Sami Badarani, who has decided to leave the company to pursue new professional opportunities. Nicolas Tissot has solid management and finance experience gained in key roles within international groups.

Before joining Bureau Veritas, he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Executive Committee member of SCOR. He previously held various roles, including finance director positions at Alstom and ENGIE (GDF Suez). Nicolas Tissot has been the Group Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of the reinsurance company SCOR since 2015.

Before that, he was the Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee of Alstom from 2010 until 2015. Previously, he worked for ENGIE (GDF Suez), where he started in the Financial Planning and Analysis Department which he led from 2000 to 2003. Then he became successively Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Suez Energy International (2003-2005), Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Electrabel (2005-2008), both from Brussels, and finally Deputy Chief Executive Officer of GDF Suez's Global Gas & LNG Division (2008-2010).