Clément Michel

Clément Michel (46) has 22 years experience in passenger transport and the management of public transport networks. Since 2016 he has been president and CEO of Keolis North America (USA and Canada).

Clement joined SNCF in 1999, where he held several operational positions in Paris and in Montpellier. In 2005, he became Executive Director of Gare de Lyon station in Paris. In 2009, he joined Yarra Trams operated by Keolis Downer in Melbourne as Chief Operating Officer before being appointed CEO of Yarra Trams in 2013, a role in which he remained until moving to Keolis North America. Clément has a proven track record in areas including building innovative partnerships with the communities he serves, launching employee engagement initiatives, supporting talent development at all levels of the organisation and promoting sustainability, diversity and inclusion across the transportation industry. Clément Michel holds a master's degree in engineering from the École Centrale de Paris and a postgraduate degree in Development Economics from University of Essex.

Annelise Avril

Annelise Avril (49) began her career in 1995 as a project engineer at SUEZ Consulting, before joining the French Water Circle as General Delegate from 2000 to 2003. From 2004, she worked in different operational functions within the SUEZ Group, including Regional Operations Manager in France, Performance & Innovation Manager in Perth, Australia, CEO of Allwater, a subsidiary of SUEZ in South Australia, CEO of SUEZ Consulting, a SUEZ international subsidiary dedicated to engineering and consulting services in the environment, mobility and climate energy sectors (1,200 employees, 35 countries).

As administrator of the Syntec-Ingénierie federation of consulting engineering companies in France from 2017 to 2020, Annelise has promoted the feminisation of engineering professions and initiated the Engineering Chart for Climate.

A graduate of the the French engineering school ENSEEIHT, Annelise is Vice-President of MEDEF International’s Business Council on international financial institutions.