Speaker

Christophe de MARGERIE

Président Directeur général - Total

Christophe de Margerie is a graduate of Ecole Supérieure de Commerce business school in Paris.

He started at Total in the corporate Finance Department in 1974 and was responsible first for the budget and then for financing for Exploration & Production subsidiaries before becoming Corporate Treasurer in 1987.

He moved to Total Trading and Middle East in May 1990 and served successively as Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Middle East, President, Middle East and Senior Executive Vice President.

In June 1995, he was appointed to the corporate Management Comittee and President, Total Middle East. After Total merged with PetroFina in June 1999, he was named President, Exploration & Production and an Executive Committee member for TotalFina.

In January 2002, he was appointed President, Exploration & Production at Total.

Elected a  Total director at the May 12, 2006 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, he took over as Total’s Chif Executive Officer on Februrary 14, 2007. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Total.