SLB Board Committees
- Audit, Chair
- Finance
Other Experience and Education
- Experienced director of several French-based public companies
- Diplôme d’Ingénieur, an engineering degree, École Centrale de Paris
PATRICK DE LA CHEVARDIÈRE is the former Chief Financial Officer of TotalEnergies, a French multinational integrated oil and gas company. He served as TotalEnergies’ CFO and as a member of its executive committee from 2008 until his retirement in 2019. Prior to that, he served in a variety of finance and operational roles with TotalEnergies over his 37-year career, including as Deputy Chief Financial Officer from 2003 to 2008, Vice President, Asia for Refining & Marketing from 2000 to 2003, and Vice President, Operations and Subsidiaries from 1995 to 2000. Since June 2020, Mr. de La Chevardière has also served as a member and chairman of the audit committee of the supervisory board of Michelin, a French multinational tire manufacturer. He also previously served on the boards of directors of two other French-based public companies, Sanofi-Aventis and Compagnie Générale de Géophysique.
Reason for Nomination
Mr. de La Chevardière brings to the Board financial and industry experience as a former CFO of a large multinational energy company. The Board benefits from his customer-focused perspective on the oilfield services industry, and from his experience across the entire energy value chain, from exploration, operations, production, trading, and marketing to refining and new energies.