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The Bureau is appointed by the President of the World Water Council, who is elected every three years during the General Assembly. It is composed of a Vice President, a Treasurer, and additional members. The Bureau is responsible for overseeing the operations and supporting the decision-making processes of the World Water Council, while final approval rests with the Board of Governors.

PRESIDENT

FRANCE

Loïc FAUCHON

Société des Eaux de Marseille
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VICE PRESIDENT

FRANCE

Eric TARDIEU

Organisation Internationale de l’Eau
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TÜRKIYE

Irfan AKER

DOLSAR

MOROCCO

Asma AL KASMI

Office National de l’Electricité et de l’Eau

USA

Andrea ERICKSON

The Nature Conservancy

CHINA

Jin HAI

International Economic & Technical Cooperation and Exchange Center

PRESIDENT

Former President of the Water Supply Company of Marseille, he was President of the World Water Council from 2005 to 2012 and re-elected from 2018 to 2025. He was awarded the rank of “Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur” in 2003 and since 2024 he is promoted “officier de la Légion d’honneur”.

Loïc Fauchon graduated in 1970 from the Institute of Political Studies of Aix-en-Provence. He began his career working as a civil servant in public services and several local authorities – the Verdon River Syndicate, the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, the Departmental Council of the Bouches-du-Rhône and the City of Marseille, where he served as Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Marseille and as Secretary General. He was elected Mayor of Trets from 1989 to 1997. Appointed as General Director of the Water Supply Company of Marseille in 1991, he became Chief Executive Officer in 1997, leading a group of 15 companies with 1,800 staff.

Understanding the vital importance of water throughout the world, and after having led several humanitarian field missions, he created the NGO “Trans-Sahara Caravanes Sans Frontières” in 1977 to respond to humanitarian emergency situations. He also created a specific emergency response body with the Water Supply Company of Marseille, called “Waterhelp.” He is a member of several international and non-governmental organizations and of the High-Level Expert and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP).

Loïc FAUCHON

VICE PRESIDENT

Éric Tardieu is an engineer from Polytechnique and of the “Génie rural, des Eaux et des Forêts” (AgroParisTech). He completed a thesis in the field of wastewater treatment.

He has worked on the implementation of public water policies in France, including European regulations. He has held various responsibilities for the State and several local authorities, not only in water and environmental policy, but also in innovation, research and territorial development, at the French, European and international levels.

Since 2017, he has been Director General of the International Office for Water (OIEau), an association that aims to develop skills to better manage water, in France and worldwide, particularly in the field of professional training, water data and information systems, technical and institutional support and international cooperation.

Since 2018, he has been Secretary General of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) which promotes the implementation of integrated water resources management at the scale of river, lake and aquifer basins.

Éric TARDIEU

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