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Experiences

2015-2019, Senior Gas Advisor, World Bank, Washington DC.

2009-2015 Senior Vice President Northern Europe, Total Exploration Production, Paris

2006-2009 Managing Director Total EP Norway , Stavanger

2002-2005 Gas Director, Energy Regulatiry Commission Commission de Régulation de l’Energie (CRE), Paris

2000-2002 SVP Strategy, Finance, Renewable Energies,, Executive Chairman of de Gaz du Sud-Ouest(transport et storage of natural gas, directorof Compagnie Française du Méthane (transport de gaz), of Gaz de Strasbourg et de Gaz de Bordeaux (city gas distribution) Total Trading, Gas and Power Division , Paris.

1995-2000 SVP Gas, Power and New Energies, Total, then TotalFina, Paris

1978-1995 Various positions in Total, in France, Indonesia, Japan , Korea (MD,of Total Korea Services, Séoul), USA (MD of Total American Services, New York), in different divisions : exploration production, gas, trading , Group Strategy.

Degrees

Chemical engineer, Chimie ParisTech (1974)
Master of sciences of management, Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales ( ESSEC), Paris (1976)

Executive Program , Stanford Graduate School of Business (1993)

teaching

Speaker in various international conferences on exploration production , natural gas, LNG, intenational petroleum taxes, regulation, governance of the gas value chain, role of gas in the energy transition ; in France, Japan , Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, UK, Norway, Netherlands, ,Singapore, Colombia, Brazil, Guyana , USA.

Recently :

Stanford University, Palo Alto : « Requirements for Natural Gas to Deliver its Energy Promise ».

Tunis : « Le GNL, un marché favorable pour les importateurs ».

Georgetown Guyana : « Leveraging Guyana’s Emerging Petroleum Sector for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth » .

Organization of Gas Seminars (Gas College) for the World Bank staff, in Washington and in Singapore.

Activities

40 years experience in the gas value chain : exploration, production, LNG, transport, sales contracts negotiation, storage, distribution, marketing, trading, regulation.

World Bank : Governance of the Gas Value Chain in new producing countries and development of domestic markets (Mozambique, Tanzania, Senegal, Mauritania, Guyana…) ; development of gas infrastructures for new importing countries.

Total : Executive Chairmanships of Exploration and Production affiliates and of Gas Transport and Storage affiliates ; SVP Gas, Power and Renewable Energies.

French Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) : French Gas Market Opening : preparation of the law, tariffs structure design, regulation.

Courses & Talks

Language: French & English
Planned duration: 20h or 5 days*4 hours a day. Duration can be tailored to meet students’ level and/or University program.
Language: Français & Anglais
Planned duration: 5 days *4 hours a day. Duration can be tailored to meet students’ level and/or University program.
Language: Français & Anglais
Planned duration: 5 days *4 hours a day. Duration can be tailored to meet students’ level and/or University program.