TOTAL CEO KILLED IN MOSCOW AS JET HITS SNOW PLOUGH
Christoph de Margerie’s death leaves a void at the top of one of the world’s biggest listed oil firms.
CEO of French multinational oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie, who died in an air crash in Moscow on 21 October 2014. Picture: EPA.
MOSCOW – The chief executive of French oil major Total, Christophe de Margerie, was killed when his private jet collided with a snow plough as it was taking off from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Monday night.
De Margerie’s death leaves a void at the top of one of the world’s biggest listed oil firms at a difficult time for the industry as oil prices fall and state-backed competitors keep them out of some of the best oil exploration territory.



