Estelle Brachlianoff
Estelle Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia
Born (1972-07-26) 26 July 1972[1]
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France[1]
NationalityFrench
EducationBachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering & Public Management
Alma materÉcole Polytechnique
École nationale des ponts et chaussées[2]
Occupation(s)CEO, Veolia
EmployerVeolia
ChildrenA son & a daughter[1]

Estelle Brachlianoff (born 26 July 1972)[3] is a French businesswoman and has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Veolia since 1 July 2022.[4] She is an engineer.[5]

Early Life and education

Estelle Brachlianoff was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, to a Bulgarian father and a French mother.[1] Her mother, an engineer at Aérospatiale (which later became Airbus Group), instilled in her the belief that she should choose her own path and pursue her ambitions. As a child, she dreamt of becoming an astronaut or an astrophysicist.[1][6]

After completing her preparatory classes for higher education, she gained admission to École polytechnique in 1992.[7] She continued her studies at École nationale des ponts et chaussées, earning her bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering & Public Management in 1997.[8][2]

Career

Estelle Brachlianoff started her career in 1998 as the head of the Val-d'Oise department, where she worked on infrastructure projects, within the Val-d’Oise region of Greater Paris. In 2002, she was appointed as a special advisor for the Greater Paris Île-de-France Prefecture, and was in charge of public transportation and urban planning.[7]

In 2005, she joined Veolia Environmental Services in the waste solutions department as an advisor to the CEO. She served as the CEO of Veolia Environmental Services Cleaning and Multiservices from 2007, and CEO of Veolia Environmental Services Greater Paris region from 2010 to 2012. In 2012, Brachlianoff moved to the United Kingdom to lead as the CEO of Veolia Environmental Services, UK region. In 2013, she was appointed as the CEO of the UK and Ireland zone, and to the management and executive committees.

In September 2018, she became COO of Veolia, and a member of the group’s management and executive committees.[9][2] On 10 January 2022, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Veolia, succeeding Antoine Frérot. She took charge of her CEO duties on 1 July 2022.[4][10] During that time, Brachlianoff was only the third female at the helm of a Paris CAC 40 company, following Engie's Catherine MacGregor, and Christel Heydemann of Orange S.A..[11]

She is an ardent proponent of the concepts, "circular economy"[12] and "ecological transformation".[7][13][8]

Other appointments

  • President of the French Chamber of Great Britain, June 2016 to July 2018[14]
  • Non-Executive Director of Zodiac Aerospace, January 2016 - February 2018[14]
  • Non-Executive Director of Hermès, May 2019 - present[14]
  • Vice-Chairwoman of the French association of Enterprises for the Environment (EPE), 2022 - present[14]

Awards and recognitions

Personal life

She is married, and a mother to a girl and a boy.[7][5] Her passions include reading and contemporary dancing.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Turning trash into cash: the French firm banking on your rubbish". telegraph.co.uk. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Estelle Brachlianoff : Je prends trois semaines de vacances par an". lepoint.fr. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Estelle Brachlianoff sera la future directrice générale de Veolia". actu-environnement.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Estelle Brachlianoff to succeed Antoine Frérot as CEO of Veolia". smartwatermagazine.com. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Leading Women, Profile : Estelle Brachlianoff". Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "10 choses à savoir sur Estelle Brachlianoff, nouvelle patronne de Veolia". nouvelobs.com. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Veolia Environnement's Estelle Brachlianoff: Recycling just a gimmick? Rubbish, says the woman aiming to clean". standard.co.uk. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Estelle Brachlianoff au défi de la transition écologique chez Veolia". lefigaro.fr. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Veolia says Laruelle to become CFO, Brachlianoff COO". reuters.com. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "Veolia boss aims to motivate and innovate after bruising Suez takeover". ft.com. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Qui êtes-vous, Christel Heydemann". 29 January 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Circular Economy in action by Estelle Brachlianoff". YouTube.con. 23 July 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  13. ↑ "Thought Leadership : I can think of 29 billion reasons why the UK needs to adopt the circular economy". huffingtonpost.co.uk. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Profile Estelle BRACHLIANOFF". lesrencontreseconomiques.fr. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "Decree of 14 May 2014 on promotion and appointment". legifrance.gouv.fr. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "portant promotion et nomination dans l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur et publié au Journal Officiel". legifrance.gouv.fr. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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