Jeannine DuChateau

Jeannine Du Chateau has more than 15 years of experience as a senior manager, leading Environmental, Health, and Safety governance, facilities operations, and risk management in multinational, highly regulated environments. She works to align Environment, Health, Safety, and Quality strategies with business goals while managing global teams, operational sites, and complex activities across manufacturing, food, energy, chemicals, and medical device sectors. She has significant experience improving and maintaining ISO Management Systems while coordinating support functions in both light and heavy manufacturing. Her work has included industries such as PCB and electronics, automotive, chemical, plastics, and beverage production. She has worked closely with manufacturing operations, engineering, supply chain, procurement, warehousing, and maintenance teams, helping organizations improve operational performance while achieving measurable results in cost, energy, and sustainability management. Du Chateau led the audit team responsible for reviewing Emergency Preparedness and Response plans connected to the Deep-Water Horizon explosion. While working remotely from Houston, Texas, she monitored remaining oil rig piping and underwater systems. At a training facility in Mobile, Alabama, she reviewed emergency response documentation. She observed the preparation of fishermen’s vessels used to clean crude oil from the area of the former rig. She also worked within the mining sector, providing training at several FCX and Rio Tinto sites in the United States and internationally, including locations in the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa. She has audited facilities in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Houston, Texas, for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. She also led certification efforts for sites in Florida and California and implemented ISO 14001 certification across several locations in the United States and Mexico, including 50 Motion Control sites. In addition, Jeannine audited several food and beverage facilities across locations in the United States. She currently serves as a Global Account Manager and Lead Auditor for a London-based assurance and risk management organization that provides certification, inspection, and advisory services to many Fortune 500 companies. In this role, she oversees Environmental, Health, Safety, Quality, and Risk Management programs across multinational accounts while supporting regulatory compliance and operational governance. Over the past four years, she has managed a portfolio of 20 multinational enterprise accounts across automotive, PCB and SMT manufacturing, chemical production, heavy manufacturing, and energy sectors. Her work supported 26 percent revenue growth and 30 percent sales growth while helping organizations achieve certifications such as ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, SQF, and FSSC 2200. Earlier in her career, Jeannine held leadership positions supporting quality, environmental, health, and safety governance in aerospace and defense manufacturing and in global assurance services. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and later pursued graduate studies in Corporate Finance. She also holds certifications in First Aid, CPR, AED, and Emergency Response through Florida’s Local Emergency Planning Commission, as well as lead auditor certifications in environmental, health, and safety, and quality systems. She is also active in volunteer work supporting housing programs, hospital recovery assistance, community fundraising, health awareness events, and holiday support initiatives. She is the mother of two children and volunteers as a coach and team supporter in youth sports. Jeannine Du Chateau continues to combine professional leadership with community service and family life.