De Margerie killed in Moscow plane crash

Christophe de Margerie, chairman and chief executive officer of Total SA, died Oct. 20 in the crash of a private airplane at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.
Oct. 21, 2014

Christophe de Margerie, chairman and chief executive officer of Total SA, died Oct. 20 in the crash of a private airplane at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow.

Three crew members also perished when the aircraft collided during takeoff with snow-removal equipment.

De Margerie, who joined the Total organization in 1974, became chief executive officer in February 2007 and chairman and chief executive officer in May 2010.

A graduate of the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Paris, he earlier worked in Total’s finance department and exploration and production division. He was 63.

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