France: Total Announces Management Appointments

Total has announced the following appointments, effective March 1:

Patrick Pouyanné, Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production, is appointed Deputy General Manager of the Chemicals Division and Deputy General Manager Petrochemicals.

Olivier Cleret de Langavant, Senior Vice President, Finance, Economics & Information Systems in Exploration & Production, is appointed Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development and R&D in Exploration & Production.

Isabelle Gaildraud, Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Internal Communication in Exploration & Production, is appointed Senior Vice President, Finance & Information Systems, in addition to her current role.

Michel Hourcard, Senior Vice President, Development & Operations in Exploration & Production and Senior Vice President Delegate for the Scientific and Technical Center in Pau, is appointed Senior Vice President, Business Development in Exploration & Production.

Marc Blaizot, Senior Vice President Geosciences is appointed Senior Vice President Exploration.

Pierre Bang, Managing Director, Total E&P Cameroun, is appointed Senior Vice President, Operations in Exploration & Production and Senior Vice President Delegate for the Scientific and Technical Center in Pau.

Total S.A. is a French multinational oil company and one of the six “Supermajor” oil companies in the world.

Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in the La Défense district in Courbevoie, France, near Paris.

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Source:Total, February  4, 2011;