Claude Peyrebonne is an industrial and mining engineer and economist, with over 40 years of experience in managing major projects, particularly in urban infrastructure, energy, environment and climate. He has worked extensively for the World Bank, the European Commission and other international funding institutions in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
As a former civil servant in the French Ministries of Transport and Environment, he is familiar with most of the evolutions in innovative techniques and legal aspects of the infrastructure sector, as well as the feasibility of investment financing. As the Chairman of a local water authority in Southern France, he acquired detailed knowledge of the sector’s institutional organisation and operational aspects.