The Philadelphia Chapter of
The French-American Chamber of Commerce
Proudly Presents
The 34th Annual
Fête
&
Honoring
Frédéric Van Heems
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Veolia North America
PAST EVENT
Thursday, June 27th, 2024
7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
6:30 pm Private Reception for
Sponsors and Their Guests
Fairmount Water Works
Use this GPS Address:
640 Waterworks Drive
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Merci Beaucoup to
Our Prize Donors &
Félicitations to Our Prize Winners!
Félicitations à
Gayla Fecher, Veolia
2 Complimentary Admissions to the
FACC's 11/21 Savor Soirée
The Arts Ballroom
Beaujolais Wine & Vintage Beaujolais Nouveau Swag
Félicitations à
Robert Kravets, Fox Rothschild
Boiron USA
Stay Healthy Homeopathic Gift Basket
Félicitations à
Millie Krnjaja, Troutman Pepper
Salut!
FRANCE MEETS PHILADELPHIA
A Beautiful Book about the French presence in
Philadelphia's History, Culture, and Art!
Also available for purchase online
with Promo Code: FACC1712
Temple University Press
Le Menu
Accompanied by Red and White French Wines
Northeastern Salad
Fresh spring mix wrapped with a thinly sliced carrot,
candied walnuts, dried cranberries, chopped green apple,
and goat cheese, served with a champagne vinaigrette
Main Course
Braised Beef Short Ribs & Grilled Atlantic Salmon Duet
Succulent boneless beef short ribs slowly roasted in a red wine reduction,
accompanied by grilled Atlantic salmon finished with a citrus beurre blanc
Sweet Endings
Decadent French-American Dessert Buffet
Coffee Station
La Fête Features
6:30 PM
Private VIP Reception for
Sponsors, Government Officials, VIPs
7:00 PM
International Business Reception for
All Registrants
7:45 PM
David Gustafson Music
Featuring Sadie Leigh
First Course
8:00 PM
Welcome by
Jeremy Heep, FACC President
Acknowledgments & Thanks
Meet Veolia!
Introduction & Presentation of
The 2024 Global Leadership Award
8:15 PM
Remarks by Our 2024 Global Leader
Frédéric Van Heems
President & CEO
Veolia North America
8:30 PM
David Gustafson Music
Featuring Sadie Leigh
Main Course
9:15 PM
Business Card Drawing for Prizes
9:30 PM
Decadent French-American Dessert Buffet
More Networking, Music & Dancing
10:30 PM
The 34th Annual Fête Concludes
Merci Beaucoup to Our 2024 Sponsors!
Meet Our Guest of Honor
2024 Global Leader
A graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales in Jouy-en-Josas, France, Frédéric Van Heems began his career in 1986 at the French newspaper Le Figaro, before joining the Lagardère Group in 1994 where he was Chairman and CEO, first for Lapker in Hungary and then for Zendis in France.
In 2002, he joined Areva, as Director of the uranium enrichment program. Three years later, he was appointed President and CEO of Canberra as worldwide leader in radioactivity measurement systems and solutions, where he was based in New York.
In 2009, he was named CEO of Cegelec Group. In 2011, he created his consulting company, and in 2013, he became CEO of Alstom Power Automation and Control.
Frédéric Van Heems joined Veolia in 2014 as General Manager of its subsidiary Siram in Italy. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer for Veolia Water France in 2016, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of Veolia North America in 2021.
Veolia North America
A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. To learn more, visit: www.VeoliaNorthAmerica.com
Veolia Group
Veolia's ambition is to become the benchmark company for ecological transformation. With nearly 218,000 employees on five continents, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical solutions for managing water, waste and energy that help to radically change the world. Through its three complementary activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources, preserving available resources and renewing them. In 2023, the Veolia group served 113 million people with drinking water and 103 million with wastewater services, produced 42 terawatt-hours of energy and recovered 63 million metric tons of waste. Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated sales of €45.3 billion in 2023. For more info, visit: www.Veolia.com
Frédéric Van Heems
President &
Chief Executive Officer
Veolia North America
Previous Fête Honorees
2023. Roger Perreault, President & CEO, UGI Corporation, Parent Company of UGI International & AmeriGas
2022. Anthony O'Donovan, Ph.D., President & CEO, Arkema Inc.; Head of Arkema Group in North America
2021. Pascal Vinet, CEO, Airgas & Vice President, Air Liquide Group
2020. Pierre-André de Chalendar, Chairman & CEO, Saint-Gobain Group
2019. Nicholas Siciliano, Ph.D., CEO, & Ben Pascal, MBA, CBO, Co-Founders, Invisible Sentinel / bioMérieux
2018. Heiner Markhoff, CEO, SUEZ - Water Technologies & Solutions
2017. Jérôme Wallut, President, Alstom North America
2016. Hervé Hoppenot, President and CEO, Incyte Corporation
2015. Arnaud Vaissié, Co-founder, Chairman & CEO, International SOS; Chair, CCI France International
2014. Dikembe Mutombo, NBA Legend, Philanthropist, & Humanitarian
2013. Tom Connelly, Chief Innovation Officer, DuPont
2012. Pierre Brondeau, President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, FMC Corporation
2011. Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, Chairman & CEO, Rhodia S.A. (now Solvay)
2010. Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D., Founder, Chairman & CEO, Cephalon Inc. (now Teva)
2009. Raj L. Gupta, Chairman & CEO, Rohm & Haas Company (now Dow Advanced Materials)
2008. Pierre Dufour, President & CEO, American Air Liquide; Sr. Exec. VP & Director, Air Liquide SA
2007. Jean-François Phelizon, President & CEO, Saint-Gobain Corp.; SVP, Group Saint-Gobain
2006. Stephen K. Green, Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc
2005. Jean-François Dehecq, Chairman & CEO, Sanofi-Aventis Group
2004. Bernard Poussot, President, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer)
2003. His Excellency Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador of France to the United States
2002. Jean-Pierre Loubinoux, Chairman and CEO, SNCF International
2001. Leonard A. Lauder, Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
2000. Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, Architects & City Planners
1999. Anne d’Harnoncourt, CEO, & Joseph Rishel, Curator, Philadelphia Museum of Art/Rodin Museum
1998. Bruno Bonduelle, Chair & CEO, Groupe Bonduelle; President, Lille/Nord-Pas de Calais Development
1997. Jean-Pierre Garnier, President & COO, SmithKlineBeecham (now GSK)
1996. Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Ambassador at Large for Int’l. Investment, Invest in France Mission
1995. Pierre Salinger, Consultant, Author, Journalist; Press Secretary to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
1994. Serge Bellanger, President, FACC National & NY Chapter; EVP & General Manager, CIC, NY
1993. Madame Georges Pompidou, First Lady of France; Champion of the Elderly & Handicapped
1992. Jean-Daniel Tordjman, Minister Economic & Commercial Affairs, Embassy of France, Washington, DC
1991. His Excellency Jacques Andréani, Ambassador of France to the United States
1990. Bernard D. Azoulay, Chief Operating Officer, Elf Atochem North America, Inc. (now Arkema)