Mr. Boisseau is President, Marketing & Services and a member of the Executive Committee of Total S.A., a French oil and gas company, since January 2012. Previously, Mr. Boisseau served as President of the Gas & Power division of Total from February 2007 to December 2011. He also previously served as a member of Total's Management Committee since January 2005. He served as President, Middle East of Total's Exploration & Production division between 2002 and February 2007 and, before that, as General Manager of Total Austral in Argentina from 1999 to 2002. From 1995 to 1999, he worked in several management positions within the Refining and Marketing division in the U.S. and France. At the beginning of his career, he served in various positions within French government ministries. He graduated from the leading French engineering school Ecole Polytechnique and also has a DEA (master's degree) in particle physics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure.