02/03/2011
News
February 3, 2011: 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 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.
© Philippe Zamora | Patrick Pouyanné, 47, is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole des Mines engineering schools in Paris, France. |
© Total | Olivier Cleret de Langavant, 53, is a graduate of the Ecole des Mines engineering school in Paris, France. |
© Marco Dufour | Isabelle Gaildraud, 49, is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles & Moteurs (ENSPM) engineering school and has a doctorate in economics. |
© Marco Dufour | Michel Hourcard, 53, is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale engineering school in Paris, France. He began his career in the Scientific Department at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in 1980, before joining Total in 1982. He held various positions in Exploration & Production, notably in drilling operations in Egypt and the North Sea, and in 1991 was appointed Manager of the Drilling Laboratory. |
© Total | Marc Blaizot, 57, is a graduate of the école Nationale de Géologie in Nancy, France. He joined the Group in 1979 as an operations geologist, specializing in assessing basins, identifying prospects and appraising discoveries in Europe (Italy, Norway, United Kingdom and Netherlands) from 1982 to 1990 and in Syria from 1990 to 1992. Appointed Senior Vice President, Exploration in Angola in 1992, he headed the team that discovered the giant deep offshore Girassol field. From 1996 to 2002, he conducted geoscience analyses for the Middle East (Syria, Iraq, Qatar and Oman). While head of the Exploration Portfolio Management Department from 2002 to 2005 and the New Projects Department from 2005 to 2008, he was responsible for selecting exploration acreage and fields worldwide for the Group’s portfolio. In 2008, he became Senior Vice President Geosciences in Exploration & Production. Marc Blaizot is also a member of the Total’s Management Committee (CODIR). |
© Total | Pierre Bang, 50, is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs engineering school in Marseille, France. |
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