Missions:
- It defines the Foundation's strategic orientations and ensures sound management ;
- It selects projects applying for financial assistance amounting to over €150,000.
Composition:
- It is chaired by Antoine Frérot, Chairman of the Board of Veolia, and is made up of members of Veolia's Executive Committee, a Veolia employee representative and qualified experts, whose role is to endorse actions in their particular field of expertise.
The Board of Trustees meets twice a year.
Members:
- Sylvain Boucher, Delegate for France;
- Estelle Brachlianoff, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia;
- Anne Cagnard, Project Manager, CSE Representative on the Board of Trustees, Veolia;
- Isabelle Calvez, Senor Executive Human Resouces, Veolia;
- Sébastien Daziano, Senior Executive Vice President, Strategy & lnnovation at Veolia;
- Olivier Grunberg, Executive VP and General Secretary of Veolia Water;
- Dinah Louda, Advisor on international relations to the CEO of Veolia;
- Laurent Obadia, Deputy CEO in charge of Stakeholders and Communications, Advisor to the Chairman, Veolia;
- Helman le Pas de Sécheval, Executive VP, General Counsel, Veolia;
- Pierre-Yves Pouliquen, Sustainable Development Senior VP, Veolia;
- Catherine Ricou, Head of innovation, Veolia.
Qualified members of the Foundation's Board of Directors:
Alain Boinet, founder of the NGO Solidarités International
Alain Boinet is the founder of the humanitarian association Solidarités International, active in about twenty countries with 2000 employees. It intervenes in war and disaster situations, from emergency to reconstruction. After having been its CEO for more than 30 years, Alain Boinet is now a member of the Board of Directors of Solidarités International and leads several missions for the association.
Anne-Marie Couderc, Former French Minister
Anne-Marie Couderc is a lawyer by training. She embraced a career in business in the press sector with Hachette Filipacchi Presse, where she exercised management and editorial responsibilities. She has also been active in the political sphere, with the Municipality of Paris and subsequently as Deputy Minister reporting to the Minister of Employment and Social Affairs in the Juppé administration.
Chairwoman of Presstalis (press distribution) from 2010 to 2017, she has since held a number of mandates on group governing bodies. She has been Chairman of the Air France - KLM Board of Directors since May 15, 2018.
Photo © Christophe Leroux/Air France
Gilles Degois, Doctor and Honorary Chairman of the non profit organization Kinkeliba
Françoise Gaill, Biologist and oceanographer, CNRS Scientific Advisor
Françoise Gaill is a scientist and former director of the CNRS Ecology and Environment Institute (INEE). Scientific advisor to Tara Océans, she has a particular interest in the mechanisms allowing living organisms to adapt to extreme environments and has participated in numerous international oceanographic surveys.
Patricia Ricard, President of the Institut Océanographique Paul Ricard
Patricia Ricard has been working in environmental conservation for over 20 years. She has served on the Board of several environmental organizations and contributes to numerous debates and forums. She participates in environmental action juries: Festival Science Frontières, the FEEE Eco-Schools program, ONF (French Forestry Office) actions, etc.
Thierry Vandevelde, Former Executive Officer of the Veolia Foundation
Thierry Vandevelde, an engineer and biologist, joined Compagne Générale des Eaux in 1989 as Environmental Protection Manager. He went on to become Head of Research Programs and then Director of Technologies at Veolia Water's International Technical Division. After creating the humanitarian intervention structure Waterforce (now Veoliaforce) in 1998, he was appointed Managing Director of the Veolia Foundation in 2008. He left this position in March 2024 and joined the Foundation's Board of Directors on April 1, 2024.
Thierry Vandevelde is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Albert II of Monaco Foundation and Vice-Chairman of the French Sports Foundation.
Co-founder of the Global Alliance Against Cholera and other water borne diseases (GAAC), Thierry Vandevelde was a member of the WHO's Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC), where he led the working group on water and sanitation for several years, and has contributed to numerous international publications, most recently on targeted approaches to epidemic control.