PORTRAIT – Chief Executive Officer of Veolia, he gave up his post on 1is July to Estelle Brachlianoff.
Leaving on his greatest victory. This is the feat accomplished by Antoine Frérot, who yields, this 1is July, his position as CEO of Veolia, that is to say operational boss of the group, to his number two, Estelle Brachlianoff, to remain only its president. This victory is the merger of the world number one in the sector, Veolia, with number two, Suez. An operation that all the leaders of the two groups have dreamed of in recent decades, but which we thought was almost impossible to implement. With the success of this operation, Antoine Frérot definitely obtained his stripes as a great captain of industry. “He’s shown that he’s capable of making those big strategic moves that transform a business,” summarizes a close.
These stripes have long been contested by the Parisian establishment. Antoine Frérot does not belong to the category of these flamboyant and charismatic bosses. With his all-purpose physique, this heavy cigarette smoker…