Governance

Thierry Le Maux, with more than 25 years of experience in E&P, is Chairman of the Management Board and Director of the Global Solution Division (DGS) of Beicip-Franlab, in charge of consultancy studies and software edition. He started his career in Aberdeen, working as a reservoir engineer with Agip UK (ENI), and was involved in Northern North Sea field development. He joined Beicip-Franlab in 2000, specialized in naturally fractured reservoirs and led a specialized multidisciplinary reservoir Team between 2005 and 2011. He then held several senior positions before taking the position of Director of DGS in 2018. In 2021 he was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Beicip-Franlab. Thierry holds a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Ecole Centrale de Lille (France) and a Master's degree in Petroleum Engineering from Heriot-Watt University (UK)

Xavier Burucoa is Secretary General, Director of the Division of Shared Services and a Member of the Management Board of Beicip-Franlab. He has 25 years of experience in the Energy and Automotive industries. He started his career in 1994 as a lecturer with IFP Training in Oil and Gas Economics. In 2000, he was seconded to the French Ministry of Industry. Since 2004, he has held various senior positions in the IFP Group to implement changes in Talent Management, Management Processes and QHSE Policies. He was appointed HR Director and Executive Board Member for D2T (powertrain development) in 2012 and Deputy HR Director for IFPEN in 2015. Xavier has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (ENSEM, Nancy) and a Master’s degree in Economics & Management from IFP School.

Ghislain de Joussineau is the Director of Technology and Operations (DTO) and a Member of the Management Board of Beicip-Franlab. He has more than 20 years of experience in E&P. He started his career as a researcher in Structural Geology at Montpellier and Stanford Universities before joining Beicip-Franlab in 2007. Ghislain led the Team in charge of naturally fractured reservoir development between 2011 and 2015. He became Head of the Reservoir Engineering Department of Beicip-Franlab in 2016. In 2019, he was appointed DTO and member of the Executive Committee of Beicip-Franlab. As DTO, Ghislain is in charge of the implementation of Consultancy Projects as well as Software Development and Innovations. Ghislain holds a PhD in Structural Geology from Montpellier University.

Gaël Lecante is Sales and Marketing Director and a Member of the Management Board of Beicip-Franlab. He graduated from Ecole de Mines de Nancy and holds a Master’s degree in Geophysics from IFP School. He has more than 25 years of experience in E&P with a focus on geophysics. He started his career at Beicip-Franlab in 1993 as a software sales specialist and developed a Consultant expertise in reservoir characterization solutions. In 2002, he became a specialist in the quantitative use of seismic attributes in exploration and reservoir studies and lead the Team in charge of pre-stack inversion studies and seismic data analytics. He was appointed Head of the Geophysical Department in 2013, and Deputy Head of Sales and Marketing Department in 2017.

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