Team

30 years of experience in environmental utilities finance, management and strategy.

Master - Finance and Administration - University Paris IX Dauphine.

After starting his career at Arthur Andersen, Pierre RELLET has spent 25 years at the Veolia Group, with various executive positions in finance, strategy, business & corporate development. He led the group’s Waste Management activities in France (€ 4bn revenue, 30 000 employees) as CFO between 2000 and 2006. He has then structured and developed for 5 years VEOLIA's renewable energy activity in Europe and North America between 2007 and 2012 (EOLFI / RIDGELINE ENERGY). In 2013 he became CFO of the Veolia Group in charge of supervising the operating entities, Investments and Management Control. In 2016, Pierre was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of VEOLIA INDUSTRIES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS then Director of the Maintenance - Industries - Building Zone of the VEOLIA Group. He has been involved in more than 30 acquisitions, numerous PF/PFI projects and the restructuring of several entities within the VEOLIA Group.

Involved in more than 30 acquisitions, € 2bn of project finance transactions and the restructuring of several business units. Member of the VEOLIA Management Committee. Chairman of the European Federation for Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD). Initiator of the world's first major industrial outsourcing contracts and integrated multi-service offers at Veolia.

25 years of experience in biomass energy, water and waste management projects.

Ecole Centrale Paris, MSA ESCP Europe, INSEAD.

Jean-Christophe GUIMARD started his career at PwC where he worked on large-scale infrastructure projects. In 1993, he joined Veolia as Project Finance Director in the Waste Management division and Business Development Manager for industrial markets activities. He then held several executive management positions at Alstom Power and Engie/Suez. In 2006, he founded BIO KW, a sustainable development company and its subsidiary Nerea, which became France’s leading independent industrial biomass cogeneration company.

€ 350 M CAPEX financed between 2011 and 2016 at Nerea. Initiator of water activities for industrial clients at Suez. More than€ 1bnofproject finance transactions, including waste-to-energy deals in Europe.

40 years of experience in R&D in water and waste treatment technologies.

Ecole des Mines Paris.

Michel DUTANG has led Veolia's research and development strategy over the last 40 years. He successively held various management positions in R&D in water, waste and renewable energies. He managed a team of more than 800 researchers across several countries and continents and has been involved in the development of multiple technologies in water management, waste valorization and energy production. Since 2011, Michel has been advising the CEO of Veolia.

Development of new water and air treatment processes (active low, dioxygen filter ...). President of Global Environment, a subsidiary of Veolia for industrial markets.

30 years of experience in finance, management and development of large energy infrastructure projects.

Master Kedge Business School.

Guillaume started his career at PwC and then held several financial management positions at large industrial groups (Saint- Gobain, Rhône-Poulenc, Sanofi). He was notably involved in mergers, acquisitions and financial restructurings. He joined EDF in 2008 as CFO International and has held executive management positions and been responsible for international development. He initiated and managed cross-border large-scale projects in the thermal, hydro, solar and wind power generation.

More than € 1.9bn of renewable energy projects financed including a major hydroelectric project in Cameroon in 2018 (Nachtigal: €1.2bn CAPEX – Global Multilateral Deal of the Year, PFI Awards 2018).

25 years of experience in finance, including project finance, M&A and capital markets.

Master Neoma Business School.

After starting her career in trading, Véronique spent 10 years at Pechiney, working as a finance executive in export finance, financial controlling and M&A. In 2006 she joined Dalkia (Veolia Group) as responsible of project structuring and financing, and EOLFI (Veolia’s subsidiary dedicated to renewable energy) as CFO in 2009, where she financed several solar and wind power projects. In 2013, she is appointed as International Deputy CFO at Dalkia (EDF Group) and CFO since 2015 at Rougier Group.

More than 30 acquisitions (€2bn CAPEX) executed in the aluminum, packaging and heating networks sectors in the US, Netherlands and Poland. Involved in the CRE tenders for biomass and solar projects. Financed € 1.5bn of wind, solar and biomass projects in France and abroad.

25 years of experience in finance, capital markets, asset management, hedge funds and private equity.

Master Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University –Law / Banking & Finance.

Emmanuel started his career at Société Générale in 1994 as a financial lawyer in charge of complex financial product structuring. He then created and developed the asset management business of Exane (BNP Paribas Group). He then joined the Edmond de Rothschild Group in 2006 and was appointed as General Secretary of Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity (EDRPE)and Board Member of Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild Management in2013.

Emmanuel has contributed to the structuring and fundraising of Private Equity funds Ginkgo (soil remediation), TIIC (social and transport infrastructure) and PEARL.

15 years of experience in infrastructure and corporate finance.

Master’s Degree in Engineering at École Centrale de Lyon, Specialized Masters at ESCP-Europe.

After a first experience in advisory, Tuan joined Dexia’s project finance department in 2006 and worked on numerous projects (both advisory and MLA mandates) in renewable energy, social infrastructure, transportation, environment and telecommunications. He joined Orange’s financing and treasury department in 2013 and becomes responsible for all infrastructure finance matters for the group worldwide. Tuan also worked on multiple corporate finance deals, was board member of 7 affiliates of the Orange group, and also acted as project leader in Eastern Europe.

15 project finance transactions as Mandated Lead Arranger and 7 infrastructure projects from sponsor side (€ 2 bn of financing in total). More than € 1 bn of corporate finance and structured finance deals successfully closed.

4 years of experience in Private Equity, M&A, and project finance.

After internships in M&A and Private Equity, Yohan started its career and worked during three years as a Financial Analyst at Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity in Geneva. During his tenure, he was involved in the structuring and fundraising of several investment funds, including PEARL Infrastructure Capital. Yohan joined PEARL’s investment team in October 2019 and has since then worked on various infrastructure projects in the biomass, waste valorization and water treatment sectors.

Contribution to the structuring and fundraising of PEARL Infrastructure Capital.

4 years of experience developing and financing sustainable energy infrastructure projects.

MSc Centrale Supélec, MSc Imperial College London.

After working as a researcher at Imperial College London, and in doing so publishing several articles in scientific journals (Energy, Applied Energy) related to techno-economic modelling for energy investments optimisation, Arthur joined Aggreko in London as a Financial Analyst. Aggreko is a power rental specialist with a strong energy project development capability. During his time in the renewable energy department at Aggreko, Arthur has participated in the development and financing of several hybrid thermal-solar-batteries projects, mainly for mining customers and utilities throughout the planet.

A track record of 3 energy infrastructure projects, mainly in Africa and Australia, for a capex of €80millions and a cumulated capacity of 130MW installed.

3 years of experience in the development of impact investment projects.

Kedge Business School - MSc Corporate and sustainable finance.

After beginning at ALLIANZ, a major institutional investor in Europe, during this first experience Ariane initiated and participated in the design of an Impact investment project. Then she joined La Financière Responsable, an asset management company specialized in ESG integration, to work on the implementation of a proprietary ESG database.

A track record of 1 Impact investment project for a total of €18m.

7 years of experience in the field of assistantship.

BTS Assistante de Gestion PME-PMI.

Fayrouze began his career in 2013 as Hostess Manager at NEXITY. She was in charge of the organization and planning of the hostesses. She joined the VINCI Energies France Infrastructure Telecom (VEFIT) group in 2014 as a Team Assistant where her main missions were the management of team travel (about 60 employees) and the organization of events/seminars. She continued her missions at VEFIT as HR and Legal Assistant in Employment Law. She pursued her career by integrating the company JAGGAER in 2016 as Office Manager where she was in charge of managing general services, budget management of general expenses and accounts payable. In 2019 Fayrouze joined PwC company as Executive Assistant to three partners and their respective teams.

More than 4 years of experience in project development and financing.

Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC).

Lili began her career at the World Bank in Washington, DC, as a consultant in infrastructure financing in Sub-Saharan Africa. Upon her return to France, Lili joined the structured finance team of COLAS (BOUYGUES Group), where she worked on the financial structuring of many transport projects in France and internationally, particularly in Canada. During 3 years at COLAS, Lili responded to several invitations to tender and participated in the financial closing of two major projects in Europe.

Equity injection. Debt raising and structuring for numerous projects with a total financing requirement of €3bn.

33 years of experience in supplying the wood industry and plant operations management.

Troyes business school and technical-commercial training in the forest-wood sector at Crogny and Mouchard schools.

Philippe began his career in supplying the paper industry and the primary wood processing industry. In 1996, he moved to Russia for a German group to supply sawyers with lumber. In 2003, he joined VEOLIA for the development of the wood energy supply chain and the recovery of recycled wood. In 2008, he joined OPEOS and took part in the development of industrial biomass cogeneration. From 2012 to 2016, he was Managing Director of SABEHF, the Néréa subsidiary in charge of supplying cogeneration and Managing Director of Néréa from 2015 to 2017.

Has contributed to the development of more than 10 CRE and BCIAT biomass energy projects.

30 years of experience in finance, management and development of large water infrastructure projects.

Ecole Centrale de Paris, Training in Corporate finance (HEC)

Philippe started his career at SOGREAH, a consulting company specialized in urban hydraulics where he gained a broad international experience in designing water works (Cameroon, Turkey, Egypt). In 1998, he joined Veolia group as Project Director of major international infrastructure projects (Europe, Africa, India). Passionate by removing barriers to water access in developing countries, he spent four years within the World Bank in Washington DC as a Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist and was involved in the financing of a $175 million project in Morocco and provided advice to governments to improve their institutional framework. He, notably, assisted the Afghan government in restructuring the hydraulic department of the Ministry of Urban Development into a fully corporatized state-owned utility. Back in Veolia's Africa-Middle East zone, he finalized the financial closing of a project in Namibia (DEG financing). Most recently, as a Director of Performance and Innovation of Veolia Morocco (2 utilities serving 4 million people with 4000 employees and 700 M € turnover), he piloted the digital transformation program of the Business Unit, which involved the re-design of all operational processes of the utilities and the development of new tools (customer application, digitalization of the employees workplace, introduction of Artificial Intelligence to optimize preventive maintenance).

Design, management, and financial closing of major water infrastructure projects (between 30 M€ and 150 M€). Performance management and improvement of water and electricity utilities.

30 years of experience in industrial engineering in the fields of energy, environment, and energy transition..

Ecole des Mines de Nancy - DEA in Materials Science and Engineering

Philippe started his career in the oil & gas industry - Technip - where he worked in pre-project, in JV with international engineering majors, on the implementation of petrochemical complexes. In 1995, he joined the world of energy and the environment in large industrial groups - Air Liquide - Suez then ENGIE in 2009. He has worked in project development, pre-project and construction. He set up master plans for the development of heating networks and contributed closely to their conversion to renewable energies: biomass, geothermal, solar, etc. He has managed several projects for energy from waste, biomass cogeneration, heating distribution networks and buildings energy efficiency. .

Philippe has managed 7 installations in the production and distribution of renewable energy..