Since 2004, Peter Herbel is Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Total S.A., Paris, France, the publicly held parent company (listed on the Paris and New York stock exchanges) of the 5^th largest oil and gas group in the world.

Total has business in more than 130 countries in the fields of oil and gas exploration and production, of refining and marketing, of renewable energies, as well as of chemicals.

As chief legal officer of the group, Peter Herbel has worldwide responsibilities for Total’s legal department functions.

He is also responsible to continually improve and adapt the corporate governance and compliance policies. The chief compliance officer reports to him.

Prior to joining the Total group in 1996, Peter Herbel was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary General of Thomson, a consumer electronics company.

In his early legal career, he was an associate attorney at the German firm Bruckhaus, now part of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

He is admitted to the Bar of Düsseldorf, Germany, and is a member of the International Bar Association.

Peter Herbel received a Ph.D. in law in France as well as a Ph.D. in law in Germany.