Patrick Pouyanné

Patrick Jean Pouyanné (; born 24 June 1963) is a French businessman and engineer who has been the chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies since 2014.

Early life and education Pouyanné was born in Petit-Quevilly, Seine-Maritime, France. At 20, he entered the École Polytechnique where he graduated with an engineering degree.

Career Career in the public sector Pouyanné started his career in 1989 at the Ministry of Industry. In 1993, he became the technical advisor of Édouard Balladur, the French Prime Minister at the time. In 1995, he became technical advisor for environment and industry, and chief of staff of François Fillon right after at the Information Technology and Space Minister from 1995 to 1996.

Career in the private sector In January 1997, Pouyanné joined the petroleum company Elf as general secretary for the Angolan subsidiary. Two years later, he was named at the management of the Qatari's exploration-production department.

In 2000 Total absorbed Elf and Pouyanné kept his position in this new French conglomerate that joined the ten largest petroleum groups in the world. In 2002 he became Total's senior vice president of the exploration production department in charge of the finance, economics and information systems and then in charge of strategy business development and R&D in 2006. On 1 December 2022, he was among the guests invited to the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.

Other activities Corporate boards Capgemini, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2017) Non-profit organizations Brookings Institution, Member of the Board of Trustees European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT), Member Polytechnic Institute of Paris, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2019) The Business Council, Member

Recognition Pouyanné was decorated as Knight of the Legion of Honour in September 2015.