Bertrand Gibert

Bertrand Gibert is COO of the International Institute of Leadership & Safety Culture (IILSC) founded by CEDEP. In this role, he is responsible for setting, leading and developing all operations to ensure our programs consistently meet the needs of our clients and are at the forefront of future health, safety and wellbeing trends.

Bertrand is passionate about helping organisations that recognise the fundamental need to put people and sustainability at the heart of their business models. He believes that a people mindset is the cornerstone to creating safety excellence in the workplace.

Prior to joining IILSC, Bertrand spent 25 years in the aerospace and life science sectors, including 13 years at United Technologies Corporation (now Raytheon Technologies), a US$60bn conglomerate with 250,000 employees, where he led global and local EH&S teams across dozens of sites and delivered people-based health and safety.

In 2011, he then moved to bioMérieux, a US$4bn family-driven business with 14,000 employees, where he created the company’s first HSE and sustainability strategy. As vice president, HSE, security, risks and sustainability, he implemented a pluri-annual strategic planning approach periodically endorsed and reviewed by the board of directors and the executive committee.

Bertrand graduated as a manufacturing and sustainability engineer from the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France), holds the NEBOSH IGC (UK) and has obtained the business sustainability management certificate from CISL (UK).