Patrick Pouyanné

TotalEnergies

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Energy

About Me

After having held positions in the French administration from 1993 to 1996, Patrick Pouyanné joined the Exploration-Production branch of TotalEnergies in 1997. He became Group Representative in Qatar in 1999, SVP Finance in 2002, SVP Business Development in 2006. He was appointed President, Refining & Chemicals and member of the Executive Committee in 2012. He became CEO of Total in October 2014, and Chairman of the Board and CEO in December 2015. Mr Pouyanné is a graduate of École Polytechnique and an Engineer of the Corps des Mines.

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Unlocking Power for Good

The global energy transformation is happening; the question is whether it is happening in time to avoid the worst impacts of the climate crisis. While billions are being poured into AI companies with promising opportunities for humanity and businesses, Climate Change remains our most existential issue. Just like AI and startups, decarbonization demands finance and blitzscaling. The 68th United States Secretary of State and former Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry talks about his hopes for innovation to source and scale solutions, why climate finance matters, and why we need the private sector to do more if it is going to unlock the biggest economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution.