Thierry Desmarest
Thierry Desmarest (born December 18, 1945 in Paris ) is a French manager .
Life
Desmarest studied at the École polytechnique and at the Mines ParisTech . He joined the French company Total in 1981 , was promoted to management and, from June 1995, succeeded Serge Tchuruk as President-directeur général (CEO) of the company. During his tenure, the group merged with Petrofina to form TotalFina in June 1999 and in March 2000 with Elf Aquitaine to form TotalFinaElf. In May 2003 it was renamed to Total. In February 2007, Desmarest was replaced as CEO by Christophe de Margerie . Subsequently, he was président du conseil d'administration (chairman of the supervisory board) of the group until December 2015. After the sudden death of Christophe de Margerie, he was also acting chairman of the board from October 2014 to December 2015.
Web links
- Biographies des membres du conseil d'administration ( Memento of February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desmarest, Thierry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |