Total appoints Jean-Jacques Guilbaud to executive committee

Offshore staff

PARIS -- Total has appointed Jean-Jacques Guilbaud, president of the company's human resources and corporate communications, to Total's executive committee .

Guilbaud has an undergraduate degree in Sociology and a post-graduate degree in public law. He joined Total in 1981 as a legal advisor specializing in labor law, was appointed head of labor relations in 1985, and became head of the direction of the real estate in 1991. After successive positions as assistant manager of the Normandy refinery (1994) and vice president of human resources (1996), he became president of human resources and corporate communications and was appointed as a member of the group management committee for Total in April 1998, for TotalFina in 1999, for TotalFinaElf in 2000, and for Total in 2003.

"The increasing technological complexity of our projects, the expertise required from our teams in all the countries where we operate, and open dialogue with all of our stakeholders mean that human resources and corporate communications are critical to our growth and future successes," says Christophe de Margerie, CEO.

2/21/2007