Patrick Pouyanne was elected chief executive of the French oil giant Total, while Thierry Desmarest was elected chairman Wednesday, following the death of the company's CEO late on Monday night, a union source told Agence France-Presse.
Total board convened for an emergency meeting following the death of CEO Christophe de Margerie in Moscow. The former Total chief died when his jet departing for Paris crashed at the Vnukovo-3 Airport after hitting a snowplow during takeoff, RIA Novosti reported.