Thierry Pilenko
Thierry Pilenko has more than 40 years of technology and leadership experience in the energy sector and is currently an advisor to several energy and technology companies.
From 2017 to 2019 he was the Executive Chairman of TechnipFMC plc, a project management and equipment company resulting from the merger of Technip and FMC Technologies. Prior to this Thierry was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Technip, a world leader in engineering, technologies and project management for the oil and gas industry.
Before joining Technip in 2007, Thierry was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Veritas DGC, a seismic services company based in Houston. While at Veritas DGC he successfully managed its merger with Compagnie Générale de Géophysique (CGG).
Prior to this appointment, Thierry held various management and executive positions with Schlumberger where he started in 1984 as a Geologist. He held several international positions in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia before becoming President of Schlumberger-GeoQuest in Houston and subsequently Managing Director of SchlumbergerSema in Paris until 2004.
He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of Arkema SA, Trident Energy and Rely Solutions. Previously Thierry was a Director of Veritas DGC, CGGVeritas, Technip SA, Peugeot SA, Hercules Offshore, Valaris, TechnipFMC and Ensign Natural Resources.
He is the founder of Pil & Co LLC, a consulting firm in strategy and leadership and the co-founder of P6 Technologies, a software platform for carbon lifecycle analysis.
Thierry holds Engineering degrees from France’s Nancy School of Geology (1981) and the IFP School (1982).