Appointments

Total S.A.
19 January 2006

          Nominations in Total's Exploration-Production

Paris - January 19, 2006 - Total announces the following nominations: 

• Philippe Armand is appointed General Manager of Total E&P Indonesia in Jakarta

• Philippe Chalon is appointed Senior Vice President Finance Economics 
  Information Systems

• Charles Mattenet is appointed Senior Vice President Asia & Far East

• Patrick Pouyanne is appointed Senior Vice President Strategy Business 
  Development R&D

• Michel Seguin is appointed Senior Vice President Americas

Philippe Armand, 57, is a graduate of French Ecole Polytechnique and
INSEAD. He joined the Group in 1972 in the negotiations and agreements 
department. In 1998 he was charged with the development of Russian gas, in 1983 
with the Direction of Operations in Great Britain and then in Angola in 1985, 
then in UK again in 1991 before becoming Director of Refining in Germany in 1994 
and then in Congo in 1998. He was Vice President Americas since December 2000.

Philippe Chalon, 51, graduated in Geophysics from the University of Paris. Since 
joining the Group in 1979, he has held a number of positions in the upstream 
branch until 1988, when he managed exploration software projects both in France 
and in United States from 1988 to 1998. He was appointed Chief Information 
Officer (CIO) for Exploration-Production in 1998 and CIO of the Group in 2002.

Charles Mattenet, 57, is a graduate of the Ecole Centrale (Paris). He joined the 
Group's R&D department in 1973. Since he held numerous positions: Production 
Superintendant in Indonesia in 1977; Operations Manager in Cameroon in 1982; 
Negociatior for International New Ventures in 1985; Development Manager in UK in 
1989; Director for Finance and Economics in 1992 and then Director of the North 
Sea Division in 1994. He was appointed to the position of Senior Vice-President 
Strategy, Business Development and Research in 1998. He is a member of the Group 
Management Committee since 2002.

Patrick Pouyanne, 42, is a graduate of France's Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole 
des Mines of Paris. From 1989 to 1997, he held several positions in the French 
Industry Ministry, then at the Cabinet of the Prime minister and also in 
ministerial cabinets. He joined the Group in 1997 as General Secretary in 
Angola. In 1999 he was appointed General Manager in Qatar and in August of 2002, 
he became Senior Vice President Finance Economics Information Systems

Michel Seguin, 57, graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure de 
I'Aeronautique et de I'Espace. He joined the Group in 1972 and held several 
position in Dubai then in Indonesia. He was appointed Operations Manager in 
Abu Dhabi in 1983, General Manager in China (1986) then in Egypt from 1988 to 
1991 before being assigned as Head of Exploration-Production Development Studies 
in Paris Headquarters in 1992. He was Senior Vice-President Asia and Far-East 
since 1996.


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