Mr Laurent Chevalier
Taiwan General Representative
TotalEnergies
Having graduated from ESSEC (Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales) in Paris, he spent 2 years in the French Embassy in Beijing, China, before joining Total in 1985, first in Finance then in the Gas Division.
He was subsequently posted in Japan, Indonesia, where he handled LNG sales from the Bontang plant to Asian buyers and Qatar where he worked directly under TotalEnergies Current Chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyanne and spent four years in Qatargas Commercial Division.
After returning to Total Head Office in Paris in 2006 as Vice-President Gas & Power LNG Portfolio, he was appointed in September 2007 President of Total Gas & Power Ventures in China based in Beijing.
In January 2017 he became Vice-President Middle East for Total Gas, Renewables & Power, based in Dubai.
In April 2021 he opened the representation for Total, now TotalEnergies, Gas Renewables & Power activities in Taiwan, focusing on developing liquefied natural gas deliveries to CPC [and soon Taipower] as well as investments in renewable energies, in particular offshore wind. He was nominated Executive Director of the ECCT [European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan] in 2022.