Total Names Pouyanne as CEO; Desmarest Returns as Chairman
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Total SA appointed Patrick Pouyanne as chief executive officer, succeeding Christophe de Margerie who was killed in a plane crash this week.
Pouyanne, 51, the company’s refining chief and long-touted as a potential successor, was named CEO at a board meeting in Paris today, the company said. Thierry Desmarest returns for a second stint as chairman until the end of 2015.