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A Higher Calling For Yves-Louis Darricarrere

TOTAL, THE FRENCH OIL AND GAS supermajor, has announced the appointment of Yves-Louis Darricarrere, as President, Exploration and Production worldwide. He moves into the position in February 2007, when Christophe de Margerie takes hold of the entire corporation as Chief Executive Officer. Yves-Louis Darricarrere, 55, has had extensive international experience in the company, including 10 years working in Australia, Egypt and Colombia. With undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the Ecole Nationale Superierure des Mines and the Institut d’Etudes Politics in Paris, he joined Elf Aquitaine in 1978, working first in the mining division in Australia and subsequently in Exploration and Production. He held a variety of senior management positions starting in 1984, successively Managing Director of the Egyptian and Columbian subsidiaries, director of Acreage Assets Negotiations and New Ventures and Chief Financial Officer, Exploration and Production and Oil &Gas. In 1998, he was appointed Senior Vice President, Europe/United States for the Exploration &Production business and a member of the Elf Aquitaine Management Committee. In 2000, he was named Senior Vice President, Northern Europe for the Exploration & Production business and joined the Corporation’s Management Committee. He is moving to his next job from his current position of President of TOTAL Gas &Power, a job he has held since 2003.


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