Board and Committee Memberships
Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committee
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 the chief executive officer 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:
Non-executive director of Sibanye Stillwater Limited and Senior advisor to OMERS Infrastructure and Ondra Partners.
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 and Risk, Nominations, Remuneration and Safety, Environment and Sustainability Committees.