Total names refining, chemicals president

Oct. 29, 2014
Total SA has appointed Philippe Sauquet as president, refining and chemicals, and as a member of the company’s executive committee, effective immediately.

Total SA has appointed Philippe Sauquet as president, refining and chemicals, and as a member of the company’s executive committee, effective immediately.

He elevates from the position of president, gas and power, succeeding Patrick Pouyanne, who became chief executive officer and president of the company’s executive committee last week following the death of Christophe de Margerie (OGJ Online, Oct. 22, 2014). Sauquet joined Total in 1990.

Total’s executive committee, chaired by Pouyanne, is now comprised of Sauquet; Philippe Boisseau, president, marketing and services, and president, new energies; Arnaud Breuillac, president, E&P; Yves-Louis Darricarrere, president, upstream, and president, gas and power; Jean-Jacques Guilbaud, chief administrative officer; and Patrick de La Chevardiere, chief financial officer.