11th Jan 2007 09:57
Total S.A.11 January 2007 APPOINTMENTS OF PHILIPPE BOISSEAU AND LADISLAS PASZKIEWICZ Paris, January 11, 2007 - Philippe Boisseau, Senior Vice President, Exploration& Production and President Middle East, has been appointed President of Total'sGas & Power business. He will succeed Yves-Louis Darricarrere, who has beenappointed President, Exploration & Production. Ladislas Paszkiewicz, President of Total Austral, the Group's Argentineanexploration and production subsidiary, will succeed Mr. Boisseau as President,Middle East. Both appointments are effective February, when Christophe de Margerie takes overas Chief Executive Officer. Philippe Boisseau, 45, graduated from France's Ecole Polytechnique and is anengineer in the Corps des Mines. He began his career in 1986, serving in a variety of French governmentministries before joining the staff of the Minister of Defense in 1993. Mr. Boisseau came to Total in 1995 as Crude Oil Supply Manager, Total Refiningand Marketing, based in Denver, Colorado. He served as Products Trading Manager, Europe in the Refining Division from 1997 to 1993, when he became Strategic Planning Manager for Argentina in theExploration & Production division. He was appointed General Manager of TotalAustral, the Group's Argentine subsidiary, in 1999. He has been President of Total Exploration & Production's operations in theMiddle East since March 2002 and a member of the Management Committee sinceJanuary 2005. Ladislas Paszkiewicz, 44, graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques inParis, earned a postgraduate diploma in finance in France and has an M.B.A. fromNew York University (NYU). Mr. Paszkiewicz joined Total in 1985 in the Finance Division, where he held anumber of tax and finance-related positions. From 1992 to 1993, he headedTotal's Investor Relations Department in New York. From 1994 to 1998 he wasresponsible for treasury operations for Total in Paris and then moved to theInvestor Relations Department, where he was appointed Vice President in 2000. He joined Total's Exploration & Production division in 2004 and was appointedGeneral Manager of Total Austral (subsidiary in Argentina) in 2005. Total is one of the world's leading oil and gas companies, with operations inmore than 130 countries. Its 95,000 employees put their expertise to work acrossthe industry, from exploration and production of oil and natural gas to refiningand marketing, trading and gas & power. They are helping to keep the worldsupplied with energy, both today and tomorrow. The Group is also a first rankplayer in chemicals. www.total.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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