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Dr. Olivier Appert
Former Member, KAUST International Advisory Council
President, Institut Française du Pétrole
Dr. Olivier Appert has been president of the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP) since 2003. Prior to this, he served as director of the International Energy Agency's Long-Term Cooperation and Policy Analysis Directorate, beginning in October 1999. From 1998 to 1999, Dr. Appert was the senior executive vice-president of ISIS, a technology holding company that is a publicly listed subsidiary of the IFP. From 1994 to 1998 he worked as executive vice president of the IFP in charge of research and development activities. From 1989 to 1994, he headed the oil and gas department of the French Industry Ministry. Dr. Appert also served in the private sector from 1986 to 1989 as vice president of the Philips group for mobile radio activities and strategy. He was executive director of the French Industry Minister's office from 1984 to 1986 and served in Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy's office from 1981 to 1983.
Dr. Appert is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and École des Mines.