Olivier Brousse – Wikipedia

Olivier Brousse , born the February 28, 1965 , is a French business manager. He has been CEO of the landscape group Id Verde since December 2021.

Olivier Brousse is a former student of the Georges Cabanis high school in Brive-la-Gaillarde, then Louis-le-Grand in Paris, from the École Polytechnique (1985) ^{[ first ]} , and holder of an engineering diploma from the School of Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) ^{[ 2 ]} . He is also a member of the Henry Crown Fellows promotion (1996) ^{[ 3 ]} From the Aspen Institute to the United States ^{[ 4 ]} .

Olivier Brousse began his career in 1990, as a commercial director of Unic Systèmes, a sales company for drawing tables and CAD/DAO systems.

In 1994, he joined the Compagnie Générale des Eaux as a project manager with Henri Proglio. He spent fourteen years in the Veolia Environment group. In 1998, he was appointed Managing Director of the group’s transport subsidiary in the United Kingdom (formerly Connex) ^{[ 5 ]} . It manages private rail network ^{[ 6 ]} with, for the mission, to improve its quality of service, largely decried by users ^{[ 7 ]} . Six years later, he took the head of Veolia Transportation Inc. to Washington DC (17,000 people) ^{[ 8 ]} . In 2006, he returned to Paris as deputy director general of Veolia Transport. ^{[Ref. necessary]}

Managing Director of the SAUR group from 2008 ^{[ 9 ]} , Olivier Brousse contributes to developing group activities in Europe and the Middle East ^{[ ten ]} .

He is appointed president of the group in February 2013 , and initiates negotiations with The 63 banks ^{[Which ones?]} for the refinancing of the two billion euros in debts of the group ^{[ 11 ]} (resulting from the acquisition of the Saur in 2007). After a negotiation of almost a year, and a conflict between the shareholders of the Saur ^{[ twelfth ]} , he concludes with his team the refinancing of the group with a reduction in the holding of the holding company at 900 million euros ^{[ 13 ]} .

Vice-president of the FP2E since 2008, he is president of July 2011 At the end of 2013 ^{[ 14 ]} .

In January 2014 , Refinancing completed, Olivier Brousse announces his departure from the Saur ^{[ 15 ]} To take the lead of the English company John Laing PLC in London ^{[ 16 ] [Insufficient source]} , specializing in investment and management of major infrastructure projects (transport, renewable energies, health, cleanliness). At the head of John Laing, he wants to relaunch long-term investments in infrastructure, and accelerate the internationalization of the group, especially in the transport sector, threatened with saturation in the United Kingdom ^{[ 17 ]} .

In May 2020 , he returns to Veolia as director of strategy and innovation ^{[ 18 ]} . As such, he is a member of the executive committee and the group’s management committee.

In December 2021 , he is appointed CEO of ID Verde, landscape group from the maintenance activities of green spaces ceded by ISS ^{[ 19 ] , [ 20 ]} , European leader with almost 1 billion euros in turnover.

Olivier Brousse is a director of the 1001 Fontaines association ^{[ 5 ]} , and ex-administrator of the Brive rugby club, the athletic club Brive Corrèze Limousin (CABCL).

Olivier Brousse has been a knight of the National Order of Merit since the May 16, 2008 , and knight of the Legion of Honor since the December 31, 2014 ^{[ 21 ]} .