The French Chemical Engineer, Mr Xavier Bontemps started his career at BP where he carried several senior management positions throughout Europe including France, the United Kingdom and Belgium. During his time at BP, he commissioned new technology polymer plants in both the United States, Japan, and Indonesia. Among other great achievements he also integrated Lavéra’s refining & petrochemicals hydrocarbons and led the startup of new polymer catalyst business activities in BP.

Leaving BP in 2006, Mr Bontemps was hired as France SAS CEO at INEOS. As CEO he accomplished to implement crucial cost cutting & restructuring methodologies and deployed a High Reliability Organization methodology across several units of the firm.

Taking departure from his results and positions in BP and INEOS, Mr Bontemps was positioned as Refining & Marketing HSE Director worldwide at TotalEnergies in 2007. During his 15 years in Total, Mr Bontemps held several positions such as North Europe Refining Businesses Manager with the responsibility of 5 refineries internationally. . Mr Bontemps was especially acknowledged for his grounded knowledge about integrating HSE measures, which was demonstrated in his crucial role of designing and deploying Group Safety Golden Rules across several units and operations. Another great achievement during his time in Total was the integration of ALL HSE branch functions including renewables in ONE central organization.