Emmanuelle Menning

About Emmanuelle Menning

Emmanuelle Menning holds a senior leadership position at Veolia Environnement as Deputy CEO in charge of Finance and Purchasing, and she is a member of the Group Executive Committee. Since April 2026, she has also overseen Germany, further strengthening her role as one of the key executives in a global environmental services group. Her career reflects a strong combination of corporate finance expertise, operational leadership, and international management experience. Before joining Veolia, she built her background in audit at Price Waterhouse Cooper, financial advisory at Ernst & Young, and investment banking at Natixis CIB. She joined Veolia in 2014 within the group’s German subsidiary, where she quickly established herself as a high-performing finance executive. Appointed CFO of Veolia Germany in 2016, she expanded her responsibilities two years later to include operational finance for the waste and development activities. This progression highlights her ability to combine financial discipline with a practical understanding of industrial operations and international business transformation. In September 2020, she was named Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Veolia and joined the management committee, before being promoted in September 2024 to Deputy CEO responsible for Finance and Purchasing. In her current role, Emmanuelle Menning plays a central part in performance management, capital allocation, risk control, and procurement optimization, supporting Veolia’s strategic GreenUp growth program. Her profile stands out for a strong value-creation mindset, solid expertise in financing and governance, and deep knowledge of the German market, one of Veolia’s most strategic geographies. Since 2016, she has also served on supervisory boards of service companies in the international energy and water sectors. Overall, her career positions her as a disciplined, cross-functional leader with the ability to support the sustainable growth of a global environmental champion.