Mr. Michel Canet
France, 1st Vice President


Born in France, Michel Canet is a civil engineer from Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics in Paris. I have then passed a Masters on Construction and Environment in the Centre des Hautes Etudes de la Construction in 1975.

After a few years as design engineer in the a French Subsidiary of the Bouygues Group, Michel expatriated to perform construction activities:

- In Africa - for four years - to construct facilities for the oil industry ;
- In the Middle East - for three years - to construct infrastructures ;
- In South Africa - for eight years - as a manager of a subsidiary of the french construction company: Spie Batignolles. During this period, I have been involved on projects related to water and infrastructure sectors.

He joined Veolia Water Group nine years ago and is presently Executive Vice-President of Major Projects Group within Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a subsidiary of Veolia Water.

Responsibilities have allowed him to be directly involved in the development of large desalination projects and water reuse projects in Australia, Middle East and Asia.

Moreover, being responsible of the realization of these projects, and be aware of their problems and satisfactions during their engineering and construction phases.

As an additional activity Michel is a Councellor of Foreign Trade for France. As a member of IDA has co-chaired a session in the IDA World Congress 2005 in Singapore.

"I am candidate in the IDA's Director election because in one hand I am part of the largest private water company in the world, committed to provide water and treat water all around the globe and as such I take advantage of a very large exposure which allows me to know the specificities and problematics of many countries and, in the other hand, I wish to allocate some of my time to transfer to IDA Members the know-how acquired in the desalination and reuse activities, in particular vis a vis :
- The assistance of defining the adequate project plan to the need of the country;
- Transfer technology experience acquired in large desalination and reuse projects."

Email: michel.canet@veoliawater.com

 

President
Ms. Lisa R. Henthorne
1st Vice President
Mr. Michel Canet
2nd Vice President
Mr. Imad Makhzoumi
Treasurer
Mr. Randolph Truby
Secretary
Mr. Wil Pergande
Editor
Mr. Lance D. Johnson
Comptroller
Mr. Fouad Makhzoumi
Secretary General
Ms. Patricia A. Burke
Directors
Mr. Nobuya Fujiwara
Dr. Abdulmajeed Ali Alawadhi
Mr. Omar Al-Ghamdi
Mr. Salah Al-Otaibi
Mr. Neil Palmer
Ms. Ursula Annunziata
Mr. Leon Awerbuch
Mr. Doug Eisberg
Mr. Ghassan Ejjeh
Dr. Adil Bushnak
Mr. Antonio Casanas
Mr. Ali Redha Hussain
Mr. Gerard Canton
Dr. Masaru Kurihara
Mr. Gary Crisp
Mr. GAO Congjie
Mr. Jose Antonio Medina
Mr. Fayyaz Muddassir Mubeen
Mr. Tom Pankratz
Mr. KHOO Teng Chye
Mr. Fady Juez
Dr. Corrado Sommariva
Mr. Ahmed Al-Mudaiheem
Mr. Isao Takekoh
Dr. P.K. Tewari
Mr. G.G. Pique
Mr. Humphrey Gouverneur
Mr. Freddy Soon