Executive board

Jean-Michel Herrewyn, Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Water Senior Executive Vice President in charge of France

Born in 1961, a graduate from the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale d'Administration, Jean-Michel Herrewyn started his career in 1986 as an engineer in the Avionics division of Thomson CSF. In 1991 he joined the Compagnie Générale de Chauffe (now Dalkia) as technical manager then general manager of the home automation subsidiary. In 1993 he became attaché to the managing director and in 1996 ran Dalkia's German subsidiary and later subsidiaries in Austria and Switzerland. At the beginning of 2000 he was also appointed general manager of Veolia Transport's German subsidiary, and also supervised developments in Austria and Switzerland. In 2000 he was appointed chairman of Valorec, a joint subsidiary of Dalkia and Veolia Environmental Services, created from the outsourcing of energy and waste management by Novartis plants in Basle (Switzerland). In March 2003 he joined Veolia Water as Managing Director of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. In December 2009 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Water, the Water Division of Veolia Environnement.

Régis Calmels, Senior Executive Vice President in charge of Asia

Born in 1955, an engineer from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (class of 77), Régis Calmels joined Veolia Eau in January 1979. Successively an engineer at Arras, head of the Source du Lez worksite at Montpellier, head of the Eastern sector of the Générale des Eaux Centre-Sud Ouest region, then the Brie sector, and Méditerranéenne des Eaux, Régis Calmels has been running Veolia Water's international subsidiaries since 1995 (Houston, Philippines, Singapore). Since the end of 1999 he has been Managing Director of Veolia Water Asia.

Philippe Guitard, Executive Vice President in charge of Europe

Born in 1960, Engineer of Polytech´ Montpellier (graduated in 1984), Philippe Guitard started his career as a projects engineer-head of industrial water in SOGEA (CGE group) in 1984. Successively an operations engineer in Bergerac, later a head of branches in Mandelieu La Napouleand Cagnes sur Mer in the Water and ozone supply company, Philippe Guitard joins the Compagnie Générale des Eaux in 1995 as a Regional Director in Ponce (Puerto Rico). In 1997 he goes to the Czech republic as a Director of the Vodarna Plzen subsidiary. In 1999 he is appointed Managing director of Veolia Water for the Czech Republic and in 2002 Managing director of Veolia Water for Central Europe and Russia.

On 15/04/2008 he is appointed Director of Veolia Eau for Europe (except for France).

Laurent Auguste, Executive Vice President in charge of the Americas

Born in 1967, a graduate from the Ecole Centrale de Lyon (1991 class), Laurent Auguste started his career in 1991 as consultant at Japan in Time Experts at Tokyo. He joined the Générale des Eaux in 1995 at the agency of Bethune as assistant manager and then from 1997 as manager. In 1999 he became business development manager for Southern China, Korea and Japan. In 1999 he took over the management of the Korea subsidiary and the management of the Japan subsidiary in 2002. In 2008, he is appointed manager of the American continent and member of the Executive Committee of Veolia Water.

Louis Herremans, Executive Vice President - Technical Director

Born in 1953, engineer from Travaux Publics de l'Etat, Louis Herremans started his career in 1977 as sub-divisional engineer at Seine-et-Marne DDE. In 1981, he joined Val-de-Marne DDE in the capacity of head of the subdivision on general studies within the Water and Sanitation division. From 1984 to 1989 he took charge of studies linked to investments by Ile-de-France authorities in terms of sanitation within the Seine-Normandie Water Board. He joined the company in 1989 as project manager within Anjou-Recherche and initiated research activities linked to rainwater. After different positions within Anjou-Recherche, he was managing director from 1998 to 2001. He then moved to the Paris Suburbs Region as technical manager, and was appointed Technical Director at Veolia Water in September 2003.

Jean de Vauxclairs, Chief Operating Officer Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Municipal

Jean de Vauxclairs, born in 1966, is graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique. He started in 1988 as a Commercial Engineer in IBM, before having several management positions within Dalkia (Energy Services) in France. Between 2000 and 2004, he was President of CRYSTAL, subsidiary of Dalkia, leading company in France in Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning activities. From 2004 to 2009, he is the Executive Vice President of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, in charge of municipal markets for France, several European countries (Switzerland, Belgium, Ireland, Romania, Slovakia ...), Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, and a member of the Executive Committee of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. Since December 2009, he is Chief Operating Officer Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Municipal, and joined Veolia Water Executive Committee in February 2010.

Klaus L. Andersen, Chief Operating Officer Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Industry

Klaus Andersen is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, responsible for global industrial activities.
Mr. Andersen previously was CEO and President of Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies North America and Executive Vice President, Veolia Water Systems, responsible for North America, South America and Australia.
Mr. Andersen has held management and executive positions with Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies and its subsidiaries for more than 20 years, responsible for international activities including in Europe, North America, South America and Australia. He also was Board member of Kruger Inc., a Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies subsidiary.

Jérôme Coutant, Chief Finance Officer and Secretary General of Veolia Water

Born in France in 1960, Jérôme Coutant is a graduate of École Supérieure de Commerce in Lyon and holds a Masters degree in International Business awarded by the Sophia University in Tokyo. Jérôme Coutant started his career in accounting and financial auditing. From 1985 to 1987, he held the position of Senior Auditor at Arthur Andersen. He then joined the world of industry, as Deputy Managing Director in charge of finance and accounting at OGF PFG. In the late 1990s, the company was sold to the American multinational SCI (Service Corporation International). Jérôme stayed on board for the next three years as International CFO. In 2000, Jérôme joined Veolia Water as International Controlling Director. Briefly after his arrival, he was promoted to a new position within the Executive Committee of Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies, one of the Group's main subsidiaries. In 2001, he was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of administration, finance, legal affairs and IT. Since 2007, the Human Resources department has also been placed under his authority. As of May 1, 2010, Jérôme Coutant will take over the duty of Chief Finance Officer and Secretary General of Veolia Water.

Dominique Bouillot, Chief Executive Officer Sade

Born in 1954, a graduate from the Ecole Polytechnique (1973 class), civil engineer from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (1978 class), Dominique Bouillot started his career in 1978 as a civil engineer at Sade Nice. In 1980, he became Manager for the Irrigation Project of Galmi (Niger Republic) and Manager of the Tunisian office in 1983. After having worked at the « Service des Travaux Speciaux », he was appointed in 1991, Director of the Paris Aera and promoted Deputy Managing Director in 1996. In 2000, he took in charge the International Department and joined the Management Board. In 2007, he was appointed Managing Director and then Chief Executive Officer.

Jean-Marie Lambert, Executive Vice President - Human Resources Director

Born in 1957, after obtaining a history degree, he graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. Jean-Marie Lambert's professional career has always been in the field of human resources. From 1981 to 1984 he was Deputy Personnel Director at Soderm (Philips group), then head of recruitment for the electricity and nuclear division from 1984 to 1986. He then held the job of head of the personnel management department in the service industry division at Spie Batignolles. In 1990 he joined the SGE group which then became Vinci, where he was successively head of the employment and human resources service at Sogea, director of human resources at Campenon Bernard, then Vinci Construction. In February 2003 Jean-Marie Lambert was appointed as Director for Human Resources at Veolia Water.

Marc Reneaume, Senior Executive Vice President in charge of Public Affairs Departement

Born in 1956, Marc Reneaume is a horticultural engineer. He joined Veolia Water in 1982 as head of department at Anjou-Recherche. In 1985 he was involved in setting up the company's agronomics division (Angibaud, Derome, Sede) and joined the Commercial Division of Veolia Water. In 1990 he took over the management of Grandjouan-Veolia Environmental Services, where he became CEO in 1993, and entered FNADE (Fédération Nationale des Activités de la Dépollution et de l'Environnement) of which he was elected Chairman in 1998. In 2000 he was appointed Vice-Chairman of the FCC Group in Madrid, an office that he held until September 2004. In January 2005 he joined the management team of Veolia Water and took charge of the company's French activities from July 2005 to February 2011. Since February 15, 2011, he is in charge of the new Veolia Water Public Affairs Department.