Mon, 10/06/2014 - 00:00

NEW YORK (Oct. 6, 2014) – Global water, wastewater and reuse solutions provider RWL Water announces the addition of another key executive. Philippe Laval has been appointed chief operating officer, 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 America and Latin America. Laval has worked more than 20 years for Veolia Water and has extensive experience in the global water and wastewater industry. In 2002, Laval served as managing director of United Water International, a joint venture between Veolia, Thames Water and KBR, based in Adelaide, Australia. In 2005, he was appointed chief operating officer of Veolia Water North America, based in Houston, Texas, 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. In particular, 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 & 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." 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. “I am very excited to join RWL Water,” Laval said. “It is a very successful company, with global ambitions in the water industry. I look forward to contributing to its future success.” Founded by Ronald S. Lauder, RWL Water offers global solutions for desalination, water, wastewater, waste-to-energy, recovery and reuse, and food and beverage processing.