Total Corporation gets new MD

The Board of Directors of Total Exploration and Production Nigeria has appointed Mr. Nicolas Terraz as Managing Director/Chief Executive of the company.

His appointment took effect from September 17, 2015. Terraz succeeds Mrs. Elisabeth Proust who has been assigned to other duties within the Group.

Mr. Nicolas Terraz is a graduate of French engineering schools Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. He also earned a Master’s of Science in Technology and Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States.

Mr. Terraz joined Total in 2001, after working for seven years in the French Government, in the Ministries of Industry and Public Works and Transportation.

Mr. Terraz has acquired extensive experience in operations and management of various projects in Total’s affiliate companies in many countries including Myanmar, Qatar and France.

He served as Managing Director of Total Exploration and Production, Myanmar and Total Group Representative in Myanmar (from 2008 to 2011) and as Managing Director of Total E&P France (from 2011 to 2013).

Mr. Terraz was appointed Vice President New Ventures and Asset Management for Total Exploration and Production on March 1st, 2014. He is coming to Nigeria from his present position as a Top executive in the New Business Unit in France.

He was born in 1969 and married with four children.