Infineum announces new CEO

Infineum International has announced that Xavier le Mintier will be appointed as chief executive officer, succeeding Dominique Fournier who will retire at the end of this year after seven years at Infineum. Le Mintier joins Infineum from Shell, where he was most recently executive vice president for Shell Oil Products Africa, a position he held since 2006. In this role, he had executive responsibility for the full Shell Downstream operation in Africa, covering retail, commercial, supply and distribution across 33 countries and 3,000 staff. Prior to this, he was the vice president of Shell’s Global Aviation Fuels business, responsible for all operations across more than 80 countries. In the course of an extensive and highly international career in Shell over 30 years, he has worked in Shell’s Chemicals, Retail, B2B, Supply and Distribution businesses, in France (at Berre), U.K., Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. (October 12, 2011)