Biography

Antoine Frérot was born in 1958. He is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique

École Polytechnique

The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program...

 and the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées

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.

In 1983, he joined CERGRENE, a think-tank affiliated to the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and became its director in 1984 until 1988. From 1988 to 1990, he worked for the Crédit National. In 1990, he started working for Compagnie Générale des Eaux

Compagnie Générale des Eaux

Compagnie Générale des Eaux was a French multinational company which gave birth to three world's leaders in their respective fields: VINCI, Veolia Environnement and Vivendi....

. He became the CEO of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

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 in 2005. In 2009, he became the CEO of Veolia Environnement.

He is also the CEO of Veolia Eau-Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Director of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...

, Veolia Propreté, SARP and Sade CGTH, and Chairman of the Board

Chairman of the Board

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 of Compagnie des Eaux et de l'Ozone and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies. He also acts as a Veolia representative on the board of Société des Eaux de Marseille.