Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Finance, Digital and Purchasing, Veolia
Director since: 2022
Current appointment ends: SGM 2026
Number of VINCI shares held: 1,029 at 31/12/2023
Age: 56
Director considered independent by the Board of Directors.
In unlisted companies or other structures
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of Veolia Environnement Services Re
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Veolia Eau
- Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Propreté
- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Énergie International
- Director of Veolia UK Ltd
- Member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Institut Veolia
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
- Chairman of Veolia Nuclear Services and Veolia North America, LLC
- Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Sade CGTH and Sarp
- Chairman of Veolia Water Technologies (VWT)
- Director of Sarp Industries
- Chairman of Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions (VWTS)
Background
A graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École des Ponts et Chaussées (now known as the École des Ponts ParisTech), Claude Laruelle began his career in 1993 at the French Ministry of Transport and then at the French Ministry of the Interior. He joined Veolia in 2000 and held various executive positions in France before being named Executive Vice-President in North America and then Vice-President of Operations for the Asia-Pacific region. He was appointed Group Technical and Performance Director in 2013, and went on to serve as Veolia’s Director of Global Enterprises from 2015 to 2018. Mr Laruelle was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer of Veolia in 2018, before being named Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Finance, Digital and Purchasing in July 2022.