A Graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Chief Engineer of the French Corps des Mines, Patrick
Pouyanné held various positions in the French Industry Ministry and in ministerial offices from
1989 to 1996, including Environment and Industry Technical Advisor to the Prime minister from
1993 to 1995 and Chief of Staff to the information technology and space minister from 1995 to
1996.
Patrick Pouyanné joined the company TotalEnergies in January 1997, with positions in Angola
and Qatar in 1999.
In August 2002, he was named Senior Vice President, Finance, Economics and Information
Systems in Exploration & Production, then Senior Vice President, Strategy, Business Development
and R&D in Exploration & Production in 2006. In January 2012, he was appointed President,
Refining & Chemicals and member of the Executive Committee.
On October 22nd, 2014, he was appointed by the Board of Directors Chief Executive Officer, and
simultaneously President of the Executive Committee.
On May 29th, 2015, Patrick Pouyanné was appointed at the Board of Directors and on December
16th, 2015, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer.
Patrick POUYANNE
Chairman & CEO, TotalEnergies
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