“In France, one litre of drinking water in five is lost before it reaches the tap, networks are renewed at a pace of once every 150 years, and Legionnaires' disease still affects about 2,000 people a year. The companies that keep our water safe and compliant are mostly family-run, and many are looking for their next leader. I have spent my career bringing structure, discipline and growth to maintenance businesses, and I want to put that to work where it matters most: water. ”
Timothée Adrien
About Timothée
Timothée Adrien is an operator and turnaround leader who has spent more than seventeen years building and restructuring B2B services businesses across France and the Netherlands. He has led international expansion at Twill, the digital logistics platform built inside Maersk, served as VP Operations at Ocean Grazer, and delivered financial and operational turnarounds as Managing Director at SCCC and BU Director at DICOP in French industrial services. He co-founded Equilibrium, a B2B SaaS venture in digital logistics and trade finance, alongside an independent operator practice supporting SMEs through operational transformation. He joins WAD Capital's 2026 cohort to acquire and scale a B2B water services company in France.
Impact
Turned around two French technical maintenance companies as Managing Director, returning both to profitability through reorganisation, culture change, new tools and market repositioning. Played a key role in integrating five acquired companies into a building hygiene group, working with their directors, sales and HR teams to align processes, purchasing and quality standards, and led the group's agencies to ISO quality and safety certification. On the leadership team of Twill, the digital logistics platform built inside Maersk, shaped the strategy and country launch method behind its expansion to 33 countries.
Vision
Help secure France's water for the next generation by strengthening the companies that keep it safe and compliant. Reduce the water lost to leaking networks, bring Legionella risk in buildings under control, and adopt the technologies that will define how water systems are managed tomorrow. Preserve the founder-built businesses behind this essential service, so they continue to thrive as regulation and public investment raise the standard for the whole sector.
Mission
Acquire a family-owned B2B water services company in France at the moment of succession and preserve what its founder built. Build it into a multi-service regional leader in regulated water maintenance, covering the treatment, maintenance and compliance services that building owners, industrial sites and municipalities are legally required to buy. Grow by extending the services offered to existing customers and by carefully integrating complementary businesses, bringing discipline to planning and purchasing,
Expertise
Operational turnaround, pricing discipline and commercial repositioning, B2B services scale-up, post-merger integration, digital platform strategy, environmental sector operations, quality and accreditation management, international expansion. What connects them is a career spent taking mid-size services businesses across two thresholds at once operational and technological.