COGITE CONSEIL AUX COLLECTIVITÉS

CEO of COGITE and Cogito International Consulting

Post graduated in Geosciences & Doctor specialist in hydrogeology, geology and geochemistry, I have 25 years of experience in the field of consulting. I led for several years a unit of several experts in a French consulting company. The core business was mainly management of public services on national and international markets. I have worked as a management consultant assisting international donors, agencies, ministries & governments, water companies and research organizations. I have supervised multidisciplinary teams in the fields of water, sanitation, renewable energies, transport and hydraulic infrastructure.

His main skills are:

• Project Management.
• Auditing & financial engineering of public utilities.
• Adaptability to complex context & negotiation.
• Management of multidisciplinary teams and studies in complex environment.
• Assistance in the implementation of territorial strategies.
• Geosciences.

Management of Public Utilities – In charge of International Development

Adrien LELEU is a financial analyst and economist. He develops the experience he gained in conducting feasibility studies and economic, financial and institutional studies for projects with high technical added value in the fields of energy, water and transport. He has also performed financial arrangements for public-private partnership (PPP) projects. He works for international donors (AsDB, AfDB, AFD, EBRD, IBRD, WB, etc.).

His main skills are :

• Project Management.
• Economic and financial analysis.
• PPP transaction advisory and its financial modelling.
• Evaluation of projects for international donors.
• Development and implementation of policies.
• Management of multidisciplinary teams.

Management of Public Utilities – International

Julie CALMELS has many years of experience as an engineer in the fields of drinking water and sanitation. A graduate of the École Polytech de Montpellier and the École Polytechnique de Lausanne, she has significant experience in water and sanitation management in metropolitan France, overseas territories and internationally.

During her career, she has provided project management assistance for drinking water, sanitation and rainwater management projects. It has carried out technical studies (dimensioning of stations, network modelling, etc.), master plans and impact studies.

With her experience in large design offices and NGOs, Mrs. CALMELS has a global vision of the large and small water cycles. For example, she has also supervised network construction works in environments with characteristics similar to those of Mayotte.

Finally, she led and coordinated design office activities in contact with donors.

Management of Public Utilities – COO

With over 15 years of experience in public utilities, Guillaume FAUQUERT organizes the operations for COGITE and is involved in many interdisciplinary projects. Mr FAUQUERT is a Doctor of the French National School of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (ENGREF) – Water Sciences, Management Sciences – and an Engineer of the “Ecole Centrale de Lille”. Mr FAUQUERT wrote his thesis on the determinants of the price Drinking water services in France. Its multidisciplinary scientific skills enable him to assess financial and technical issues.

His main skills are :

• Project Management.
• Management of Public Utilities.
• Tariffs Structure & Cost Optimisation.
• Organization, Regulation, Economics & Management.
• Procurement, audit, PPP, concession.
• Hydraulics.

Financial & Accounting Director

Monika Belak has 22 years of experience as a management assistant and she is a member of COGITE since the beginning in 2011. She has multidisciplinary skills, a background in economics, accountability and administration and can speak 3 languages. She is the administrative and financial manager of COGITE and has been responsible for commercial support in the development of the export and development of the US subsidiary.

Her main skills are :

• Accountability and financial management.
• HR Management.
• General Service Management and Procurement.
• Administration.
• Commercial support, documentation & communication.

Legal manager – Public Law, accounting and public finance consultant

Ludovic LOMBARD has many years of experience as a specialist in the financial, tax and legal aspects of local authorities within private and public structures (universities in particular).

Holder of a Doctorate in public finance whose theme is “Taxation of the property of public persons”, as well as a Master 2 in General Public Law and a Master 2 in Public Business Law, Mr. Lombard masters the all of the accounting, financial, tax and legal aspects of local authorities. During his career, he conducted several studies on public finance and accounting law.

Since he joined COGITE, he has been involved in all legal issues encountered in the context of the various missions carried out by the company. He also participated in monitoring the performance of public service delegation contracts. For eighteen months he also held the position of financial, legal and market expert with the Syndicat Mixte Intercommunal d’Eau et d’Assainissement de Mayotte as part of an ATMO mission financed by AFD.

Mr. Lombard is also the editor of articles on public finance and tax law for the review Lexbase-Edition Fiscale.

Head of Aix-En-Provence Agency

Engineer graduate, Karine LE MAUX first worked for a major public service delegate in France and abroad before joining the public utility management assistance department of a nationally established design office. She joined COGITE when it was created in 2011, to use her skills in Public Utilities Management in various fields for the benefit of local authorities. After 4 years which allowed her to further develop her skills at the Société du Canal de Provence, she is now responsible for the South-East Agency of COGITE.

Advisory missions to local authorities at the interface between the technical, legal and financial fields

• Assistance in the operational management of public utilities (mode of governance, mode of management, structural organization and human resources, etc.)
• Assistance in awarding, monitoring and auditing contracts, public service delegations, PPP
• Operation and maintenance assistance
• Reconstruction of costs / Construction of tariff schedules
• Drafting of Price and Quality of Service Report
• Transfer of skills (NOTRE Law, GEMAPI, etc.)

Financial, economic and socio-economic expertise, project evaluation

• Realization of economic and financial studies
• Analysis of the general economics of projects and their financing, analysis of sensitivity and profitability
• Project evaluation: cost-effectiveness analyzes (CEA), cost-benefit analyzes (CBA), multi-criteria analyzes (MCA),
• Service pricing study
• Socio-economic and environmental analysis of project impact

Head of Paris Agency – Management of Public Utilities

Graduated from French High School “Ecole Centrale” of Lyon, together with a Master’s degree in “Environmental Process Engineering”,Clara RODENBACH develops her technical and financial skills in the fields of water and sanitation for a Public service delegate before joining COGITE.

Her main skills are:

• Management of Public Utilities.
• Operating expertise.
• Procurement, Audit & Concession.
• Water & Sanitation infrastructure assets management.

Head of Toulouse Agency – Management of Public Utilities – Environment

Victor DESSEN has been trained in geography giving him multidisciplinary skills in the management of environment and coastal risks and land use planning. He then completed his training with a Specialized Master “Water Management” (National School of Rural Engineering, Water and Forests (ENGREF)). Victor has developed in-depth expertise on flood risk management missions, both in technical field (hydrology, infrastructure diagnostics, vulnerability diagnostics), as well as on awareness and governance missions (public communication, management). By working on large projects in multidisciplinary groups, Victor has gained a strong experience of evaluation of public policies in Water, Sanitation, and Environment sectors.

Management of Public Utilities

Graduated from a Master of Water Treatment, Laurence VEYSSET develops her skills for nearly 6 years in water and sanitation management through her training and professional experience. Her missions in local authorities in Ile-de-France, in perticular as manager of purification plants in a sanitation syndicate, led her to Public Services Management. Since 2014, she has been developing, within the COGITE team, her expertise in contractual, technical-economic and financial engineering for assistance to local authorities.

Her main skills are :

• Management of Public Utilities.
• Operating Organization and Management.
• Procurement & Audit.
• Sanitation and Water asset management.
• Sewage treatment processes, technical expertise in sanitation.

Management of Public Utilities

Engineer of Polytech ‘Montpellier in Water Sciences and Technologies and holder of a Master’s degree from Cranfield University in England, Alice LAPORTE-VERGNES first worked within “Syndicats Intercommunaux” (Water & Sanitation). Her missions allowed her to develop her skills, in particular in the development of investment programs, monitoring of building sites and control of water companies. She joined COGITE in January 2016 and uses her multidisciplinary know-how for Public Services Management studies, on technical-economic, organizational and contractual issues.

Her main skills are :

• Public Management Utilities.
• Procurement, Audit, Concession.
• Sanitation and Water assets management.

Management of Public Utilities

Engineer of the National School of Water and Environment Engineering (ENGEES) and holder of a Master’s degree in Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Jeanne BAVARD has 7 years of professional experience. Initially specialized in the field of the environment (end of studies report on the establishment of a network for evaluating dystrophic processes in the rivers of Languedoc Roussillon), her professional activities led her to take an interest in the management of public services. Since 2013, she has been developing, within the COGITE team, her expertise in contractual, technical-economic and financial engineering for assistance to local authorities.

Her main skills are :

• Public Management Utilities.
• Operating Organization and Management.
• Procurement, Audit, Concession.
• Public Accountability.
• Hydraulics.
• Fluvial hydraulics and management of aquatic environments.

Management of Public Utilities – Consultant

Graduated with a Master 2 “Advice and expertise in public action” at Sciences Po. Toulouse, as well as a License in Law specializing in General Public Law obtained within the University of Perpignan. He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in international business abroad in Ireland (program attached to the University of Perpignan), Institute of Technology of Waterford. After a mission in the Prefecture, as well as experience in business creation, Quentin decided to put his dynamism at the service of COGITE in 2021.

He is in charge of :

• Operational organization and management of public services;
• Monitoring of the operation of drinking water and sanitation services;
• Support for production and preparation of calls for tenders.

Management of Public Utilities – Consultant

Marion LABRO first worked within a Departmental Syndicate to support the communities of the Lot in the management of their drinking water service. These missions allowed him to develop his skills, in particular in the monitoring of concession contracts, technical and legal advice to local authorities and the control of delegates. She joined COGITE in 2022 and uses her know-how for studies of Management and Delegation of Public Services, on technical-economic, organizational and contractual issues.

She is in charge of:

• Operational organization and management of public services,
• Assistance in the price, control, audit of contracts or public service concessions,
• Operation of water and sanitation works.

Direction Assistant

Graduate of a Senior Technician’s Certificate of Executive Assistant, Caroline LASSALLE has more than 10 years of experience in office administration. She is a member of COGITE SAS since 2015 in order to strengthen the administrative management in coordination with Monika BELAK. She is responsible of the tendering unit.

Her main skills are:

• Public Procurement
  • Business Intelligence
  • Call for tender
• Administrative Unit
  • Administration Management
  • Customers relationship

Management of Public Utilities – Consultant

As an engineer, Barbara VIGNOLLE has worked within a large group specializing in the environment. She has collaborated with an NGO and a public development bank. As part of the financing of water and sanitation projects with foreign States, she has notably supported project owners in the supervision of public procurement procedures, and in the monitoring of FIDIC contracts for works and technical assistance, including on issues of regulation, public policy and management of drinking water and sanitation services.

She is in charge of :  

• Assistance in the management of public utilities,
• Management of water and sanitation services,
• Water governance,
• Water/environment policies and regulations,
• Knowledge and management of water resources.

Management of Public Utilities – Consultant

As an engineer in water sciences and technologies from ENGEES, she also holds a master’s degree in Management and Business Administration from EM Strasbourg, Léonie DESSARTINE joined COGITE in June 2022.  She developed, during a previous experience, some missions relating to the assistance of public policies and the management of public utilities, in particular water and sanitation.

She is in charge of:

• Assistance in the management of public utilities,
• Management of water and sanitation services,
• Water governance,
• Water/environment policies and regulations,
• Knowledge and management of water resources.

Géraldine BERNARD

A hydrogeologist engineer, Géraldine BERNARD has more than 20 years of experience in water and sanitation. She began her career in the public sector, as a hydrogeologist, responsible for water quality, before moving internationally. She has worked mainly in urban and rural areas in more than 25 countries located in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Caribbean, and Europe in different structures: design office, water system installation company , donors, but also in emergency and development NGOs.

Her main skills are :

• Institutional and/or technical support to contracting project management or technical assistance contracts,
• Expertise in institutional strategy, business planning and implementation of public utilities,
• Development of master plans for the supply of water and sanitation.

Damien FRILEUX

Damien FRILEUX joined COGITE in January 2023, after more than 8 years spent in local authorities. Holder of a Master 2 in Public Finance and previously Director of Purchasing and Public Procurement within an urban community of 83 municipalities, he also worked as a teacher for the CNFPT in public procurement. His experience has given him a transversal approach in the management of public utilities, particularly in financial and contractual matters, while taking political and organizational issues into consideration.

His main skills are :

• assistance for control, audit contracts, PPP, concession or delegation of public service,
• support in the structuring of public utilities (technical, financial, administrative and legal aspects),

• Water and sanitation assets management

Marianne BALARESQUE

Before joining COGITE, Marianne BALARESQUE developed her technical skills in hydrology, territorial diagnosis and water management thanks to her missions within the Ministry of Ecological Transition. These different experiences have allowed her to deepen her knowledge of environmental law and the structuring of public utilities.

Hers main skills are :

• procurement and audit
• Sanitation and Water asset management.
• implementation of missions of territory :
  • Inventories and definition of action zone,
  • Operational organization and analysis of the governance of a territory;

She also brings her expertise in GIS and cartography.

Anne-Lise AURICHE

Graduated with a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Development and specializing in economic diagnosis, Anne-Lise AURICHE exercised as an international economist in the private sector and then with an international financial backer where she was in charge of setting up and implementing projects in economic & financial governance and health, as well as supporting international project leaders.
Her main skills are :

• the operational organization and management of public utilities,
• assistance in the control, audit of contracts or public utility concessions,
• analysis of public accounts,
• carrying out technical, economic and financial studies.

Salomé GIL

Graduated of the Master 2 “Public Careers” from Sciences po Aix-en-Provence and rich in experience of more than a year as a consultant of management of public utilities within a consulting firm specializing in AMO in water and sanitation sectors, Salomé GIL joined COGITE in March 2023.

Her main skills are :
• support for the structuring of public utilities (technical, financial, administrative and legal aspects), particularly in water/sanitation transfer studies – NOTRe law,
• support in the implementation of Public utility delegation procedures and more generally public procurement.