Claude Laruelle is a graduate of École polytechnique and École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
He began his career in 1993 within the French Ministries of Transport, then the Interior. In 2000, he joined the Veolia Group, where he held several management positions in France before being appointed Executive Vice President for North America, then Chief Operating Officer for Asia-Pacific. Between 2013 and 2018, he served as Technical and Performance Director and Director of Global Specialty Businesses at Veolia. In 2018, he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer, in charge of Finance, Digital, and Purchasing a position he held until September 2024.
Since 2022, Claude Laruelle has also been an independent Board member at Vinci.
On September 1st, 2025, he joined EDF as Group Executive Director in charge of the Performance, Impact, Investment and Finance Division.