Paris, France - September 24, 2009, Paris, France - SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, a company that provides solutions for water and wastewater management, announces changes in several business divisions.
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Bernard Guirkinger is appointed Senior Executive Vice President of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, in charge of the business coordination for the water activities, R&D and Sustainable Development. He also takes over responsibility for Institutional Relations (European affairs, international agencies, social empowerment).
Mr. Guirkinger is an engineering graduate of the Ecole Centrale deParis. After holding various operational posts in many Lyonnaise des Eaux activities inFrance, he was appointed Regional Director of the South Paris centre at the start of the 1990s. In 1995 he pursued his career abroad, heading up operational subsidiaries in Germany, Central Europe and North America. He was appointed CEO of Lyonnaise de Eaux in 1996. Since 2002, Mr. Guirkinger has been Chairman and CEO of Lyonnaise des Eaux. He is also in charge of Water operations inEurope.
Isabelle Kocher, previously Chief Operating Officer, is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lyonnaise des Eaux. She will also head up the Water development inEurope and, in particular,Germany andItaly.
Ms. Kocher is a graduate of the Ecole Normale Superieure and a qualified Corps des Mines civil engineer. She has extensive experience in industry and finance, notably in the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry from 1997. Between 1999 and 2002 she was Industrial Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister. She joined the SUEZ Group in 2002. Since 2007 she has been the Chief Operating Officer of Lyonnaise des Eaux.
Thierry Mallet, former CEO of Degremont, is appointed, from October 1, 2009, Senior Executive Vice President of SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, in charge of International, a sector that includes Degremont,Asia,North America,Central Europe and theMiddle East. He becomes a member of the Group Management Committee.
Mr. Mallet is a former Polytechnic student (promo X80), with a Master of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a qualified Corps des Ponts civil engineer. Having begun his career in 1986 at the Ministry of Infrastructure, he held several posts in the private sector between 1989 and 2002 with responsibilities for water in France, Spain and North America. He joined SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT in 2002 as COO of Degremont. Since 2004, he has been member of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of this specialised water treatment company.
Remi Lantier, previously Chief Operating Officer of Degremont, is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Degremont.
Mr. Lantier is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale deParis and holds a Master of Science from the University of California in Los Angeles. Having begun his career in 1978 at Alsthom, where he held several posts in Energy, he became Director of the Energy Division for Alsthom International Inc in New York in 1987. In 1990 he returned to Europe to become Department Director for GEC Alsthom MTM Group until 1995. From 1995 to 1997 he was Project Director for Power Plants and Vice President of the Energy Sales Department forAsia Pacific andNorth America. In 1999 he joined Degremont as Senior Executive Vice President in charge of the International sector before becoming Chief Operating Officer in 2005.
In addition to her current missions - Legal and Audit - Marie-Ange Debon, General Secretary of the Group and Member of the Management Committee, takes over responsibility for the Waste and Water Projects Division, IT, Risk/Investments, Insurance and Procurement Divisions. ■