CV

Experiences

More than 35 years of experience in the O&G industry, inside the Total group, mainly in the Exploration-production branch up to 2007, with positions in geosciences, development, new businesses, general management, in France, United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Argentine and Norway.

Since 2007, specialization on the topics related to energy transition and climate change, with its implications on companies strategy, as vice-president climate-Energy of the Total group up to 2015, then as chairman of the executive committee of the Oil & gas climate Initiative (OGCI), up to May 2018.

Degrees

Ingénieur civil des Mines de Paris (ENSMP), degree in 1976

teaching

– Teaching and knowledge transfer inside the Total group

– Some more specific teaching experience with IFP, or the Institut des Sciences Politiques, on the energy transition

– Participation as speaker to several conferences or round tables

Activities

Extensive experience in the Oil & Gas industry

Core areas of expertise:

– Geosciences, oil and gas fields evaluation and development :evaluation reserves production profiles, technologies and investments necessary for their development;

– General management : management of large organizations in France and other countries, implementation of investments and operation management in Joint ventures, as operator or as partner, development strategy;

– Energy transition and climate change : constraints and opportunities of the ongoing evolutions, international negotiations, evolution scenarios, technical evolutions (renewables, energy efficiency, CO2 capture and storage), O&G companies and other stakeholders positioning

Courses & Talks