Bernard de Combret
Mr. de Combret (67) a French citizen, is the former Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of Total. Mr. de Combret is currently non-executive Chairman of Coastal Energy Company and a non-executive director of Petrofac Ltd and Winstar Resources Ltd. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of Banco Santander and a member of the Advisory Board of Reech AiM Partners LLP. Mr. de Combret spent 24 years from 1978 to 2002 (until he retired) with Elf and then Total where he held several executive positions, including but not limited to, Chief Executive for Refining/Marketing, Chief Executive for Gas, Power, and New Energy, and Chief Executive for Trading and Transportation. Mr. de Combret has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for various public companies including, among others, CEPSA, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Banco Central Hispano, and Maurel & Prom, and for subsidiaries of public companies (Atochem, Axa Re, Renault VI). Prior to joining the oil industry, Mr. de Combret was a high civil servant in France, holding senior positions in the Ministry of Finance and in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. de Combret graduated from Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish.