RWL Water announced that Philippe Laval has been appointed RWL Water’s chief operating officer (COO) and officially joins the company in October 2014.
Laval has been appointed COO, global operations for RWL Water and is primarily responsible for the company’s global business and operational development. He has more than 24 years of leadership experience in operations and technology companies in the environmental industry in Europe, the U.K., Australia, North and Latin America. Laval has worked for Veolia Water for more than 20 years and has extensive experience in the global water and wastewater industry.
In 2002, Laval served as managing director of United Water Intl., a joint venture between Veolia, Thames Water and KBR, based in Adelaide, Australia. In 2005, he was appointed COO of Veolia Water North America, based in Houston, where he was responsible for 3,000 employees and a $600 million municipal and industrial business in the U.S. and Canada. In 2007, Laval served as Veolia’s CEO of industrial solutions in North and Latin America. He led the implementation and development of the industrial solutions activities in North America with the acquisition, integration and development of Crown Solutions in Dayton, Ohio. In his most recent position, Laval was appointed managing director of industrial outsourcing in Europe and Turkey to lead the growth and transformation of the industrial outsourcing activities.
“We have been working closely with Philippe since February 2014 and are convinced, that there is no more appropriate person for this job," said Henry Charrabé, president and CEO of RWL Water, global operations. “Philippe is very well respected within the company and the industry and will add to the strength of our global team."
“I am very excited to join RWL Water. It is a very successful company, with global ambitions in the water industry. I look forward to contributing to its future success,’’ Laval said.
Philippe Laval earned his Master of Science in fluid mechanics at the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse and his Master in business administration at the University of Economics, also in Toulouse.
Source: RWL Water
