"Since April 2021, Philippe Bourdeaux has been in post CEO of Veolia Africa, Near and Middle East delegated zone, which includes 13,000 Veolia employees in some 15 countries. A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique (Class of 92) and the Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural des Eaux et Forêts, he joined Veolia in 1998. At Veolia Eau France, he held positions in the contractual and commercial department of the Ile-de-France region, before taking on operational responsibilities within the same department, responsibilities that were extended in 2009 to the management of the drinking water service and customer relations for the city of Paris right bank.

In 2011, in the South-East regional department of Veolia Eau, he held the position of deputy director with responsibility for operations, then in 2014, organized the merger of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon regions, before becoming the deputy head of zone with responsibility for development.

Before heading up Veolia's Africa, Near and Middle East delegated zone, Philippe Bourdeaux was, from January 2018, regional director of Veolia Eau Méditerranée, which has 200 municipal public service water and wastewater delegations, and industrial clients."