dss+ Announces Strategic Changes to Executive Leadership Team

Published on Jan 21, 2025
ELT changes accelerates growth and impact for clients

GENEVA, Switzerland, 21 January 2025 – dss+ announced today several strategic leadership changes to its Executive Leadership Team (ELT). These changes support the companies’ goals to accelerate the impact on its clients, to develop and grow internal talent and to deliver on its purpose of saving lives and creating a sustainable future.

“We remain committed to growing our leaders and providing new development experiences while leveraging their experience to help our clients achieve breakthroughs in operational safety, performance and sustainability that drive lasting success, “ said Davide Vassallo, CEO of dss+. “These leadership changes will further strengthen the trajectory of growth and evolution of our firm.”

An overview of the leadership changes is outlined below.

Srinivasan Ramabhadran will elevate his role and responsibilities to a Managing Director dss+ Board member. In this new position, Ramabhadran will focus on global growth initiatives aligned to the organisation’s strategy and will continue to lead key accounts in the Asia Pacific (AP) region.

Ramabhadran’s career with dss+ spans over 22 years during which he built the consulting team across AP. Previously, he held several roles including a global practice leader for Operations Risk Management, market leader for India and ASEAN. . He has developed trusted client relationships across the globe and has been instrumental in building the dss+ brand.

Cedric Parentelli is appointed Managing Director, AP and will focus on delivering superior impact and value to our clients in the region. He will reinforce our industry focus and deep transformational expertise embedding capabilities in client organization to ensure sustainability of results.

Parentelli began his career with dss+ nine years ago, leading the Western, Central Europe and North Africa (WCENA) region, expanding his responsibilities in 2020 to lead Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He built the structural foundations to support the brand’s global strategy and focused on leveraging consulting capabilities and industry expertise to deliver strategic solutions to clients.

Marco Pagnini is appointed Managing Director, EMEA to continue to drive dss+ regional strategy and expand its focus on industry growth and practice diversification. Working with the EMEA leadership team, he will reinforce the brand’s impact with clients and elevate the client experience while actively developing internal talent.

Having joined dss+10 years ago, Pagnini has been instrumental in delivering transformational projects to clients across the Energy, Mining & Metals, Chemicals and Manufacturing industries in the EMEA region. He built trusted advisor relationships with clients and effectively evolved the intellectual property and thought leadership of the brand to support its growth in the region. He then led the global Mining and Metals industry and served as Global Industry Director for three years prior to his current role.

In addition to the ELT role changes outlined above, dss+ is developing internal talent to reinforce its industry strategy.

Helder Santos is appointed as Global Industry Director. He will focus on driving the growth of priority global and large regional key accounts across dss+’s strategic industries and maintain a consistent approach to its positioning and go-to-market plans. In this role, Santos will identify critical capabilities to ensure the organisation has the talent required to deliver value to its clients and to define key investments to accelerate industry growth. He will continue to lead the brand’s Mining & Metals industry globally.

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About dss+

dss+ is the operational transformation partner for complex and high-hazard industries. We help organisations achieve breakthroughs in safety, performance and sustainability that drive lasting success.

Combining deep technical expertise and decades of hands-on experience with cutting-edge methodologies and data-driven insights, we empower teams to shift mindsets, shape cultures and build the capabilities needed at every level. Additional information is available at www.consultdss.com

Contact:

Kelly Carson
Global Communications Director, dss+
+1-804-316-5472
kelly.carson@consultdss.com