Thierry Schindelé, previously Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Socotec Group, has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer with effect from 1 April 2012, and became a member of the Executive Board on the same date.

Socotec Belgium, a provider of inspection, consulting and technical assistance services to the building and transportation infrastructure industries, in Belgium and the Netherlands, has just been awarded the “Technical Inspection Services” approval by CROW, the Dutch public research body on transportation and infrastructures.

Socotec, a global risk management services provider, has just acquired a majority stake in Sophia Audit SA, a Belgian company originally founded in 1984 under the name AME (Audit Maintenance Energie).