Management

Thierry Le Hénaff

Thierry Le Hénaff, born in 1963, holds degrees from École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and a Master’s degree in Industrial Management from Stanford University in the United States.

After starting his career with Peat Marwick Consultants, in 1992 he joined Bostik, Total’s Adhesives Division, where he held a number of operational positions in France and worldwide.

In July 2001, he was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bostik Findley, the new entity resulting from the merger of Total’s and Elf Atochem’s Adhesives divisions.

On 1 January 2003, Mr. Le Hénaff joined Atofina’s Executive Committee, where he was in charge of three B.U.s (Agrochemicals, Fertilisers and Thiochemicals) and three functional divisions.

Mr. Thierry Le Hénaff was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arkema France on 30 September 2004 and of Arkema S.A. on 6 March 2006.

Otto Takken, born in 1955, a Dutch national, holds a CPA certification and a Business Administration degree. After several years as sales manager within a Dutch group, Otto Takken joined in 1981 Elf Aquitaine and held various positions including deputy finance director of Elf Petroland BV in the Netherlands, project financing within the financial department in Paris and CFO of the Refining and Marketing activities in Germany.

In 1999, he was appointed in the United States executive vice-president, CFO for Total Holdings USA, Inc and CFO of Atofina Chemicals Inc.

Since 2004, he is managing director of Alphacan Business Unit, leader in the plastic transformation market.

Otto Takken is executive vice-president in charge of Vinyl Products.
 

Marc Schuller, born in 1960, is a graduate of the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales. He joined Orkem in 1985 as acrylics product manager.

In 1990 he joined the Strategy Segment of Total Chimie and in 1992 he became deputy managing director of the Structural Resins department at Cray Valley. In 1995, he was appointed commercial director — Petrochemicals/Special Fluids at Total, and later director, Base Petrochemicals at TotalFina.

In 2000, Mr. Schuller was appointed director of Atofina’s Butadiene/Aromatics BU, and special project manager for the Chairman. In 2003, he became director of the Thiochemicals and Fine Chemicals BU.

Mr. Marc Schuller is executive vice-president in charge of Industrial Chemicals. He also oversees Raw Material and Energy Procurement.
 

Executive Vice President, Performance Products

Pierre CHANOINE, born in 1949, is a graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Reims and also holds an MBA from Sherbrooke University (Canada). He started his career in 1974 at Elf Aquitaine.

After holding a number of financial positions he joined Texas Gulf in the US in 1989, in charge of commercial development. From 1991 to 2001 he was in charge of Corporate Planning and Strategy and took over the Chlorine/ Caustic Soda business at Elf Atochem.

After holding a position in Spain, in 2002 he became Group President in charge of the Urea Formaldehyde Resins Business.

Since 2004, Pierre Chanoine had been Group President of Arkema’s Fluorochemicals Business Unit.

Michel Delaborde, born in 1956, holds a degree in economics from Université de Paris, Sorbonne.

In 1980 he joined Total, where he was in charge of Human Resources in both the head office and refineries. After two years as head of the Human Resources Department Trading & Middle-East head office, he was in charge of communication for Total in 1996, serving as director of Communications first for TotalFina, then for TotalFinaElf after the merger in 1999. In 2002 he joined Atofina as director of human resources and communication and was appointed to Atofina’s Executive Committee.

Mr. Michel Delaborde is executive vice-president in charge of human resources and communication.
 

Vice President Industry

Luc BENOIT-CATTIN, 47 years old, is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des Mines in Paris.

Between 1988 and 1995 he held a number of positions in administration at the French Ministry for Economy, Finance and Industry. From 1995 to 1997 he was Technical Adviser to the Minister for Industry. In 1997 he joined the Pechiney Group as Plant Manager and later on Head of a business unit for rolling and aluminium.

In 2002 he joined CGG Veritas, where he was successively Director of Resources and Operating Performance, Director of Offshore, and, from 2009, Managing Director of Geophysical Services and a member of the Executive Committee.

Chief Financial Officer

Thierry Lemonnier was born in 1953. He is a graduate of the École Nationale Supérieure de Géologie in Nancy and holds a master’s degree from Stanford University in the United States.

He joined Total in 1979 as an economist engineer at the Exploration/Production segment. In 1983, he joined Total’s Finance/Treasury department. In 1987, he was appointed head of Downstream Affiliates Operations and in 1993 became Chief Financial Officer for Refining/Marketing. In 2000 he was appointed director of Chemical Affiliates Operations. He then joined Total’s Chemical branch in 2001 and was appointed to the Executive Committee, in charge of finance, controlling and accounting.

Mr Thierry Lemonnier is Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity, he oversees accounting, controlling, treasury, legal, taxation, and IT.

Bernard Boyer, born in 1960, holds degrees from École Polytechnique and École Nationale Supérieure des Pétroles et Moteurs.

He has spent his career working in the chemicals industry in operational positions, starting out in a factory then moving to Elf Atochem’s head office (Finance & Strategy), from 1992 until 1998. In 1998, he joined Elf Atochem’s Adhesives affiliate as executive vice-president. He was appointed Atofina’s Director of Acquisitions and Divestitures in 2000, then Director of Economy, Planning and Strategy, Acquisitions and Divestitures at the end of 2003.

Mr. Bernard Boyer is executive vice-president in charge of Strategy. He oversees planning, economic studies, acquisitions/divestitures, internal audit, insurance, and risk management.