Christophe de Margerie

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Member of the Supervisory Board

French citizen

Business address:

Total S.A.
2, place Jean Millier
92078 Paris La Défense 6
France

Expertise and experience:

Born on August 6, 1951, Mr. Christophe de Margerie is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Paris. He joined the financial department of Total in 1974, and was initially responsible for budgeting and, later, the financing of the company’s exploration and production subsidiaries. In 1987, he became group Treasurer. In May 1990, he moved to Total Trading and the Middle East, where he was successively CFO, Vice President for the Middle East, President for the Middle East and then Senior Executive Vice President in March 1992, at which time he also joined the Group’s Management Committee. In June 1995, he was appointed President of Total Middle East and in May 1999, President of Exploration & Production of TotalFina. In March 2000, following the merger with Elf, he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President and in January 2002, President of Exploration and Production of TotalFinaElf which became Total SA on May 6, 2003. He has been a member of Total’s Executive Committee since May 1999 and a Director of Total since May 2006. In February 2007, Christophe de Margerie was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Total and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Since May 21, 2010, he has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total.

Positions currently held

Groupe Total S.A.
Total SA, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Total E&P (Indonesia), Chairman

Other positions and functions
Shtokman Development AG (Switzerland), Director
CDM Patrimonial SARL, Manager
Institut du Monde Arabe, Director

Positions previously held that expired during the last five years

Total E&P (Russia), Director
Total E&P (Azerbaïdjan), Director
Total E&P (Kazakhstan), Director
Total Profils Pétroliers, Director
Abu Dhabi Petroleum Company Ltd, Director
Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Ltd, Director
Iraq Petroleum Company Ltd, Director
Total E&P Norge A.S., Director
Total Upstream UK Ltd, Director
Innovarex, Director
Total Abu al Bukhoosh, Permanent Representative of Total SA to the Board of Directors
Elf Aquitaine, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



Last updated on Thursday 26 April 2012.