Four decades at the front of international Exploration and Production: from the production basins of the Middle East, the North Sea and West Africa, to the presidency of a supermajor's upstream business, and now to independent advisory through AB Energy Consulting.
Graduates as an engineer from École Centrale de Lyon, one of France's grandes écoles. He joins Total the following year, the start of a career that will run four decades and four continents.
Operating and commercial roles in France, Abu Dhabi, the United Kingdom, Indonesia and Angola, some of the most demanding geological and political environments in the industry. Time in Refining gives an integrated downstream view rarely held by upstream leaders.
Vice President for Iran within the Middle East division, running the group's interests in one of the most politically demanding theatres in the upstream business.
Joins the Exploration & Production Management Committee, with regional responsibility spanning Continental Europe and the Caspian.
Takes the group's largest regional production base. Appointed to Total's Group Management Committee in January 2011.
Global responsibility for the upstream business, with a seat on the Executive Committee from October 2014. Leads E&P through the 2014 price collapse, the rebuild of capital discipline, the LNG build-out, and the rebrand from Total to TotalEnergies.
Senior Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies. Non-Executive Director of Woodside Energy, Trident Energy and Géosel-Manosque.
Founds AB Energy Consulting in Paris, advising operators, boards and investors in an independent capacity. The practice works by referral, on a small number of mandates at a time, normally direct with the principal.
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