What was the name of the employer Antoine Frérot work for after Dec 2009?
Antoine Frérot Antoine Frérot ( born June 3 , 1958 ) is a French businessman . Since 2009 , he is the chief executive officer of Veolia Environment . Education . Having graduated from École Polytechnique in 1977 , he enrolled at École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées , where he obtained a PhD in civil engineering . During his 7-years at the university , he co-founded a research laboratory dedicated to the study of environmental sciences , with an emphasis on hydrology . Early career . In 1981 , Frérot began working as engineer and researcher at the Central Research Office for French Overseas Departments and Territories , a company specialized in big development projects . Two years later , he joined CERGRENE , a think-tank affiliated with his alma mater , where he served as project manager and then associate director from 1984 to 1988 . Between 1988 and 1990 , Frérot worked at Credit National as finance operations manager for major transport , aerospace and heavy machinery enterprises . In 1995 , 5 years after he joined Compagnie Générale des Eaux ( originally as its task-force director ) , Frérot became the CEO of Compagnie General of Automobile Enterprises and CGEA Transport . In June 2000 , he was appointed as a board member of Vivendi Environnement and CEO of CONNEX , the transport division of the group . Since 2003 , Frérot has served as CEO of Veolia Water , as well as assistant director-general , and member of the board of executive directors , of Veolia Environnement . Career at Veolia . In 2009 , Frérot was nominated to be the CEO of the Veolia group . Soon after Henri Proglio , the former director-general , stepped down in November to join Électricité de France , Frérot took over as the companys CEO . In addition to that , on December 12 , 2010 , he also became the Chairman of Veolia Environnement . Frérots goal is to manage a focused and reactive enterprise whose activities are aligned with demands of the market and piloted by the State . As he explains : Veolia’s culture is based on the strategy of decentralization , subsidiarity , and entrepreneurship . In 2013 , Frérot began to reorganize the Group in order to adopt a more international model . While doing that , he changed the marketing strategy so as to direct the company towards high-volume markets with greater surplus value ( difficult to eradicate pollution , circular economies , a bigger clientele ) . Frérots strategy encompasses progressive disengagement from transport activities , in favor of the French Deposits and Consignments Fund , as well as decreased international expansion , limited to approximately forty countries . The strategy allowed the group to spur positive growth , yielding revenue of positive 394 million Euro , in contrast to negative 489 million reported as per 2011 . In December 2012 , Frérot announced Veolias plans to develop new , comprehensive technologies allowing to predict pollution . Second Mandate at the Head of Veolia : 2014 – 2018 . On February 26 , 2014 , Veolias administrative council decided to renew Frérots mandate until 2018 in order to finalize the process of restructuring of the Group . In September 2014 , Frérot spoke at the annual Climate Summit in New York . In the spirit of his tagline , modern mankind is living on ecological credit , he called on the participating enterprises and organizations to support projects favoring a sound and stable price of CO2 . According to Frérot , the carbon price should be the core of environmental politics , and a way to tackle climate change that would simultaneously enable economic growth . In January 2015 , Frérot participated in the World Economic Summit in Davos , where he proposed circular economy as another way for sustainable development . Quoting European Resource Efficiency Platform , Frérot advocated circular economy both as a means to reduce consumption of raw materials by 20% , and a source of 1.4 to 2.8 million potential jobs . In 2018 , he promotes the need for companies to have a Purpose , with a strong conviction : It is because a company is useful that it is prosperous , and not the other way around . Under his leadership , the Veolia Group achieved a turnover of 25.9 billion euros in 2018 ( + 6.5% over one year ) with a profitability up 7.3% ( to 3.4 billion Ebitda ) . More than half of this growth is the result of new activities identified as strategic , such as the circular economy , energy efficiency , the treatment of difficult pollution , the management of end-of-life industrial equipment . Third term at the head of Veolia : since 2018 . In 2019 , it is under his leadership that Veolia becomes one of the first companies to share its Purpose . For Antoine Frérot , Veolias Purpose is to contribute to human progress , by resolutely subscribing to the UNs Sustainable Development Goals , in order to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all . Other Mandates . - President of ANVIE : lAssociation nationale de valorisation interdisciplinaire de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales auprès des entreprises ( National Association for Promotion of Interdisciplinary Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences in the Business Sector ) . Arts . In September 2014 , Frérot became the honorary president of Parcours de mondes for the 13th edition of Salon international des Arts Premiers ( International Salon of Tribal Arts ) . Frérot is an art collector , especially fond of tribal arts : Like many enthusiasts , I discovered tribal art through modern painting and sculpture ; in other words through its forms . Gradually , as I became more familiar with these objects , this attraction to form changed to an appreciation of the powerful presence of these works . Awards . - Legion of Honour – Chevalier ( 2003 ) - National Order of Merit – Officer ( 2011 ) Publications . - Towards a Culture of Responsibility . Durham , NH : U of New Hampshire , 2011 . Print . ( )