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CURRICULUM VITAE
Yi-Min Gao
Personal Statistics
Name : GAO, Yi-Min
Nationality : Taiwan
Language : Chinese, English
Date of Birth : July 4, 1963
Mobile : +886 928830180
email : yimin.gao@bsigroup.com
Education
1992 - 1995 PhD in Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Lehigh University, USA
Major : Industrial Pollution Control and Prevention
1990 - 1992 MS in Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering Department, NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology,USA
Major : Industrial Hazardous Waste Treatment and Management
1986 - 1988 BS in Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department, National Taiwan Institute of Technology, Taiwan
1978 - 1983 Diploma in Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering Department, National Taipei Institute of Technology, Taiwan
Working Experiences
October 1999 – Now
Position: Principle Expert, BSI China (May 2016 - Now)
Responsibilities including:
 Develop and manage the strategic accounts in China
 Promote BSI business cooperation with China standards institutes in the following areas:
— Promote of British/ISO standards in China
— Develop certification, capacity building and training business
— Develop professional knowledge and skill in standards institutes
 Develop new training courses in following business:
— Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
— Sustainability development, e.g carbon footprint/neutrality, CSR reporting, etc.
— Business Strategy, e.g. Strategy development and management, Leadership and
management, etc.

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Position: Managing Director, BSI China (August 2011 – July 2015)
Responsibilities including:
 Develop and manage the business including
— System Certification
— Training, including public/in-house training, customized audits and coaching projects
— Product Certification
— Supply China Solution and Verification
— Healthcare certification
In Overall, the business and its profit reached 15-20% growth annually from 2011 to 2015.
 Business development and management including business planning, sales, product
development, operation, financial, resource development and planning at revenue of US$ 30m
 Develop sustainability business and operation including GHG verification and CSR Reporting
 Develop new business offices and manage 7 offices in China, including Beijing, Shanghai,
Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Chongqing and Qingdao
 Lead and manage 300 staffs
Position: Managing Director, BSI Taiwan (April 2002 – July 2011)
Responsibilities including:
 Develop and manage the business including
— System Certification
— Training, including public and in-house training
— Product Certification
— Healthcare certification
 Business development and management including business planning, sales, product
development, operation, financial, resource development and planning at revenue of US$ 7m
 Lead and manage 80 staffs
 Develop sustainability business and operation including GHG verification and CSR Reporting
 Deliver GHG verification and CSR Reporting assurance
 Deliver OHSAS 18001/ISO 14001/ISO 9001 audits
 Deliver training courses including GHG verification, CSR reporting, OHSAS 18001/ISO 14001
Position: Business Development Director, BSI Greater China (October 2000 – March 2002)
Responsibilities including:
 Develop and manage new business and products in Greater China (China, HK and Taiwan)
including certification and training business
 Work with Group to develop the technical scheme in new products including ISO 14001 and
OHSAS 18001
 Deliver audits and training courses
 Deliver internal training to audits
Position: Sales & Marketing Director, BSI Taiwan (October 1999 – September 2000)
Responsibilities including:

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 Sales planning and management
 Marketing planning and management
 Key account development and management
 Deliver audits and training courses
 Deliver internal training to auditors
April 1997 – September 1999
Business Development Manager, Senior Engineering
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Taiwan
Responsibilities including:
 Business planning and promotion including certification and training
 Technical development for OHS and Environmental Management System certification and
training business
 Deliver OHS and EMS audits and training courses
 Deliver ISO 9000 audits
September 1995 - March 1997
Project Manager, Industrial Pollution Control Center
China Technical Consultant Institute (CTCI), Taiwan
Responsibilities including:
 Deliver consulting service to manufacturing sectors for OHS and environmental regulation
compliance
 Government project management and delivery in industrial pollution prevention
 Deliver training course and promotion conference of pollution prevention
July 1988 - August 1990
Project Engineer - Industrial Risk Assessment and Safety Management Department
CTCI Corporation, Taiwan
Responsibilities including:
 Conduct industrial process safety analysis to petrochemical sector including
— Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)
— Hazard and Operability Study (Hazop)
— Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
 Develop and deliver process safety analysis training courses
Expertise
- Business development and management including business planning, sales, product development,
operation, financial, resource development and planning
- Greenhouse Gas verification and consulting
- CSR Reporting and consulting
- OHSAS 18001 OHS Auditing
- ISO 14001 EMS Auditing

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- ISO 9001 Auditing
- Process safety management (consultancy for petrochemical and chemical industries)
- Process safety and Risk Assessment (14 petrochemical and chemical plants)
- Industrial pollution control (including petrochemical, chemical, semiconductor industries, etc.)
- Environmental management
Qualification - Profession
- IRCA Registered OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor (Certification No. A016474)
- IRCA Registered ISO 14001 Lead Auditor (Certification No. A016474)
- IRCA Registered ISO 9000:2000 Lead Auditor (Certification No. A016474)
- Taiwan Registered OHS Operation Manager
Qualification - Tutoring
- IRCA registered ISO 14001 Lead Auditor course
- IRCA Registered OHSAS 18001 Lead Auditor Course Lead Tutor
- ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas Verification Lead/Internal Verifier course
- PAS 2050 Product Greenhouse Gas Emission Assessment Lead Verifier course
- PAS 2060 Carbon Neutrality Lead Verifier course
- CSR Reporting Lead Assuror course
- Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau Registered Tutor for “ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas Verification
40 hours Training Course”
- Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau Registered Tutor for “OHSAS 18000 120 hours Training
Course”
- Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Registered Tutor for “Industrial Risk Assessment
Training Course”
- Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Registered Tutor for “Emergency Response Plan
Training Course”
- Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Registered Tutor for “ISO 14000 Environmental
regulation Auditor Training Course”
- Taiwan Industrial Development Bureau Registered Tutor for “ISO 14001 EMS 132 hours Professional
Training Course”
Professional Courses Attended
- HAZOP Training (NUS, USA)
- HAZOP Team-Leader Training (NUS, USA)
- Industrial Occupational and Health Risk Control Training (NUS, USA)
- Preliminary Hazard Analysis, PHA (NUS, USA)
- Fault Tree Analysis, FTA (NUS, USA)
- Industrial Process Hazard Analysis (Radian, USA)
- Emergency Response Plan for Industries (Radian, USA)
- Advanced Industrial Air Pollution Control (US-IIE, USA)
- Life Cycle Assessment (China Productivity Center, Taiwan)
- Green House Gas Verification 5-day Lead Verifier Training course (BSI)

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- CDM 3-day training course (BSI Japan)
- BS 25999-1 Business Continuity Management 2-Day Implementation Course (BSI)
- BS 25999-1 Business Continuity Management 1-Day Workshop (BSI)
- Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) 1-Day workshop (WBCSD)
- IECQ QC 080000 2-day training course (BSI PS)
- Complaint Management System CMSAS 86 2-Day training (BSI)
- IRCA Registered OHSAS 18001 5-Day Lead Assessor Course (BSI)
- BS 8800/OHSAS 18001 3-Day Implementation Training course (BSI)
- EARA Approved EMS 5-Day Lead Auditor Course (BSI)
- International Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) Training Course(DNV)
- International Safety Rating System Training Course (DNV)
- EARA Registered Advanced EMS 5-Day Auditing Course (DNV)
- EARA Registered Fundamental EMS 2-Day Auditing Course (DNV)
- International Quality Rating System Training Course (DNV)
- Statistic Process Control (Quality-Best Limited)
- IRCA Registered ISO 9000 Lead Auditor Training course (Jeff Monk Training)
- ISO 9000 Documentation Skill (China Productivity Center)