Patrick Pouyanné
Environment and Industry
total
France
Biography
Born on June 24, 1963 (French). Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL S.A. Director of TOTAL S.A. since May 29, 2015 until 2018. Chairman of the Strategic Committee. Main function: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TOTAL S.A.* A graduate of École Polytechnique and a Chief Engineer of France’s Corps des Mines, Mr. Pouyanné held, between 1989 and 1996, various administrative positions in the Ministry of Industry and other cabinet positions (technical advisor to the Prime Minister – Édouard Balladur – in the fields of the Environment and Industry from 1993 to 1995, Chief of staff for the Minister for Information and Aerospace Technologies – François Fillon – from 1995 to 1996).
Research Interest
Business