Florent joined Astris in February 2011 as Analyst. Prior to joining Astris, Florent was analyst at Veolia Water, where he worked in the Structured Finance department. At Veolia, Florent was in charge of financial modeling and contract review. In particular, Florent was the lead modeler supporting the team in charge of the acquisition by Veolia of a portfolio of European water BOT projects from United Utilities in June 2010. Florent was in charge of the review of the asset-specific financial models, and developed a proprietary consolidated portfolio model. Florent graduated from French leading engineering school Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC) and holds an MS in Project and Structured Finance from that same school.