Charles Meade Joins SOCOTEC as Senior Managing Director
Charles Meade Joins SOCOTEC as Senior Managing Director
We are excited to announce the addition of Charles Meade to the SOCOTEC team. Mr. Meade joins the firm as a Senior Managing Director working closely with CEO, Marc Weissbach, and other members of the leadership team.
Well-versed in building strategic alliances amongst leadership and stakeholders, he will be responsible for identifying, developing, and retaining talent, geographic and service offering diversification, and driving new revenue to position SOCOTEC for the future.
Mr. Meade joins SOCOTEC after fifteen years of leading a Property Loss Consulting Practice at a global engineering firm, where he developed and implemented a plan to expand the pre- and post-loss risk mitigation programs, providing clients with strategies to offset both physical and financial risks. His prior experience included both US and international operations that responded to manmade and natural disasters and supported complex litigation matters. He received his BBA from Adelphi University, with dual majors in business and pre-law, then studied architecture at The New York Institute of Technology.
With a diverse background in both the A/E/C and financial services industries, Mr. Meade has a proven track record of creating enterprise value through business strategies to optimize growth and achieve success.
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Meet Charles Meade
With a background in both financial services and the A/E/C industry, Mr. Charles Meade is acutely aware of business drivers, key performance indicators, and strategies to maximize profitability and growth, with a proven track record of creating enterprise value.
Mr. Meade brings to SOCOTEC his wide-ranging knowledge and unique experience to be the owner’s partner and advisor from a project’s initial phases. Before joining the firm, Mr. Meade managed property loss operations of two worldwide leading engineering practices. As a leader, he oversaw the strategic growth and management of day-to-day operations of domestic and international PLC teams, encompassing both pre- and post-loss services. He also orchestrated the development and expansion of pre-loss risk assessment, management, and mitigation programs, focusing on providing clients with strategies to offset both physical and financial
risks.
In his 20+ years in the industry, Mr. Meade has developed and managed teams responding to hurricanes, tornadoes, structural collapses, building envelope and curtain wall failures, fires, and more. He has worked on projects totaling in excess of $2.7 billion in construction value in more than 18 countries.
With a background in both financial services and the A/E/C industry, Mr. Charles Meade is acutely aware of business drivers, key performance indicators, and strategies to maximize profitability and growth, with a proven track record of creating enterprise value.
Mr. Meade brings to SOCOTEC his wide-ranging knowledge and unique experience to be the owner’s partner and advisor from a project’s initial phases. Before joining the firm, Mr. Meade managed property loss operations of two worldwide leading engineering practices. As a leader, he oversaw the strategic growth and management of day-to-day operations of domestic and international PLC teams, encompassing both pre- and post-loss services. He also orchestrated the development and expansion of pre-loss risk assessment, management, and mitigation programs, focusing on providing clients with strategies to offset both physical and financial
risks.
In his 20+ years in the industry, Mr. Meade has developed and managed teams responding to hurricanes, tornadoes, structural collapses, building envelope and curtain wall failures, fires, and more. He has worked on projects totaling in excess of $2.7 billion in construction value in more than 18 countries.
