About Tilia

BIOGRAPHY
Nicolas Augereau is a Senior Manager at Tilia, providing expertise in the fields of operational management of water and wastewater utilities, strategic roadmap, change management, innovation processes and project implementation.
Nicolas holds a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris, with a specialisation in Civil Engineering.
At Tilia, Nicolas provides support to public and industrial clients throughout the whole utilities value chain. He recently conducted several change management and performance improvement projects for the Greater Paris wastewater utility (SIAAP). He also led comprehensive technical, operational, organisational and strategic assessment in medium size French public utility companies.
Before joining Tilia, Nicolas worked during 18 years for major service companies in France, the Philippines and Morocco, modernising water and wastewater utilities through different types of public-private partnerships. As Regional Managing Director, he was responsible for operations and business development. He streamlined organisations and increased profitability while simultaneously performing safety and improving service quality. He also managed relationships with major industrial groups reinforcing security of supply and addressing their specific needs in the frame of scarce regional water supply.

More recently, as Innovation and Performance Director, he managed modernisation of several critical fields such as non-revenue power or organisation of operations and maintenance. He also conducted the production and implementation of the company’s innovation strategy that specifically relied on the core principles of participatory and open innovation.