Patrick Pouyanné, X-Mines 1983 and CEO of TotalEnergies (ex-Total group), did he take advantage of his status as a member of the Polytechnique board of directors to obtain the establishment of a research center for his company? on the school campus?
This will be determined by the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF), which in May 2021 opened a preliminary investigation for
“illegal taking of interest
”, according to information from
Le Monde
, confirmed by the PNF.
An investigation opened after the complaint filed on April 22 by Greenpeace, Anticor and the Sphinx, an association that has brought together several dozen former X members since 2017.
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"Incredible to claim that I would have been in a situation of conflict of interest and even more that a criminal offense was committed"
, reacted Patrick Pouyanné Wednesday.
In fact, the boss was not part of the board of directors of l'X when the latter made the decision to set up the research center on his land, in June 2018. He joined it.
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