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PATRICK POUYANNÉ

TITLE CHAIRMAN , CEO & PRESIDENT COMPANY TOTAL SA
Pouyanné joined Total back in 2000 when they absorbed petroleum company Elf where he was originally the general secretary for the Angolan subsidiary . In 2002 he became Total ’ s senior vice president of the exploration production department in charge of the finance , economics and information systems . In May 2015 , he was elected as a member of the board of directors of Total . In December Pouyanné was appointed chairman and CEO of Total , combining both roles .

DARREN W . WOODS

TITLE CHAIRMAN & CEO COMPANY EXXON MOBIL CORP

Woods was elected Chairman and CEO by the ExxonMobil Board of Directors effective from 1 January last year . He first joined Exxon Company International in 1992 as a planning analyst and progressed through a number of domestic and international assignments for Exxon Company International , ExxonMobil Chemical Company , and ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company . In 2016 Woods was elected president of Exxon Mobil Corporation and a member of the board of directors , before taking up his current role . 09

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