Bruno Haerens

Managing Director Benelux, Germany, France, Sweden and Greece at AECOM | Executive Member of the Europe & India Leadership | Operations Director Continental Europe at AECOM

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Bruno manages AECOM's operations in Western Europe (Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Sweden, Spain, France, Italy and Greece).

Experience

  • AECOM (11 yrs 7 mos)
    • Managing Director Benelux, Germany, France, Sweden and Greece
      Oct 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Managing Director AECOM Germany
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 4 mos

    • Operations Director Continental Europe
      Oct 2020 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos

      Driving operational efficiency to maximise performance across AECOM's business in Western Europe (Spain, Italy, Greece, France, Benelux, Germany, Switzerland, Poland and Sweden)

  • URS Corporation (10 yrs 7 mos)
    • Manager Soil & Groundwater Benelux Region
      Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 · 3 yrs

      Bruno is managing the soil & groundwater group for the Benelux region and is specialised in Contaminated Land Management. Bruno joined URS in Belgium in June 2004 and has conducted multiple soil and groundwater investigations and innovative remediation projects for several (multinational) industrial sites. Bruno has been working as hydrogeologist and environmental expert since 1998. Prior to URS he gained experience as a hydrogeologist and research assistant at KULeuven (1998-2004). Specialties: • Remediation feasibility assessment • Innovative Remediation Techniques • Soil and Groundwater Site Investigation • Groundwater Fate and Transport Modelling • Risk Assessments

    • Technical Director Benelux region
      Jan 2010 - Feb 2012 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Technical Director
      Jan 2009 - Dec 2009 · 1 yr

      As Technical Director I provide technical direction on business decisions and in the execution of specific projects.

  • Research assistant at K.U.Leuven
    Feb 1998 - Jun 2004 · 6 yrs 5 mos

    Bruno was teaching assistant for geology and hydrogeology courses and fieldtrips at the Department of Geology at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Bruno did a PhD in hydrogeology with a thesis on "Reactive transport modeling of a groundwater contamination from a former coking plant" in cooperation with the GPRG group of the University of Sheffield (UK).