Philippe’s appointment to the Board, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Nominations Committee and the Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee was announced on 16 August 2023, effective from 1 September 2023.

Relevant Skills and Experience

Philippe brings broad experience of the energy industry, particularly of energy assets, energy infrastructure, energy trading and the renewable energy transition.

Previous Experience

Philippe was CEO of CEPSA (Compañía Española de Petróleos SA), the Spanish multinational oil and gas, chemicals, and renewable energy business, from 2019 to 2021. Before joining CEPSA, he worked at TotalEnergies SA for over two decades. During his tenure there, Philippe held President and Senior Executive roles across various business divisions and was instrumental in establishing and leading Total’s New Energies division from 2007 to 2016. Philippe was a senior advisor to Carlyle International Energy Partners between 2017 and 2019 and was a board member at I-Pulse Inc. from 2017 to 2021. Philippe graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and has an MSc in Theoretical Physics.

External Appointments

Senior advisor to OMERS Infrastructure, Ondra Partners and Sibanye-Stillwater Limited.

Responsibilities

Our Non-Executive Directors, through their diverse experience and skills, scrutinise the performance of management and constructively challenge and help develop our strategy. They uphold high standards of integrity and probity. They form the Audit & Risk, Nominations, Remuneration and SES Committee.