De la Chevardiere has been Total CFO for the last 11 years and has been with the firm for 37 years, his LinkedIn profile showed.

Total's spokesperson declined to comment on a report in French business magazine Challenges that he would be succeeded by Jean-Pierre Sbraire, currently deputy CFO at the group.

(Reporting by Bate Felix, writing by Gus Trompiz, editing by Geert De Clercq)