Bernard de Combret
Mr. de Combret (68) has served as a director of Toreador since September 2009. Mr. de Combret, a French citizen, is the former Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of Total. Mr. de Combret is currently non-executive director of Winstar Resources Ltd and of Calvalley Petroleum Inc. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of Banco Santander. 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, Maurel & Prom, Petrofac Ltd and Coastal Energy Company, 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). Mr. de Combret brings to the Board of Directors a wealth of multi-national leadership and corporate governance experience, as well as strong financial and public policy track records.