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Effective September 1, 2009, Jérôme Schmitt, will be appointed Group Treasurer, succeeding Charles Paris de Bollardière.

Jérôme Schmitt had been Vice-President Investor Relations since 2004.

He started his career in Asia before joining the Group's Finance Division in 1992.

He was first in charge of Finance Operations for Exploration & Production projects for the Asia North-Africa Zone and then for South America. He then joined the Upstream gas sector.

He was appointed Vice-President Gas Business Development for the Middle East-Central Asia Zone and subsequently for the South Asia and India Zones, based in Mumbai, India.

In 2000, he was appointed at the Mergers & Acquisition Division, in charge of Corporate M&A.

Jérôme Schmitt is 43 years old. He is a Civil Mining Engineer.

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