Clean Energy Fuels names new board member

Clean Energy Fuels, the California-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplier for North American transport industry named Philippe Charleux, senior vice president of Total Marketing Services to its board. 

Charleux will replace Total executive Momar Nguer, president of TMS, who is stepping down, and join Philippe Montantême, senior vice president, strategy marketing research at TMS, who already serves on Clean Energy’s board.

Charleux is senior vice president Lubricants and Specialties at TMS and is also a member of Total’s Group Performance Management Committee.

He joined Total in 1986 as a research engineer and has held many positions, including engineering, product quality, sales, strategy, and executive leadership roles such as general manager, before being appointed vice president.

Clean Energy also said that its longtime director and former chairman, Warren Mitchell, notified the board that he will retire effective February 26, 2020. Mitchell, a former chairman and president of Southern Gas Company, was one of the company’s first board members.