Jérôme Schmitt has more than 30 years of experience in the worlds of energy and mobility, all along their value chain, mostly across finance, sustainability and low-carbon business streams. He is currently chairman of C-4WARD, an advisory firm dedicated to accelerating transitions, working with a selected number of world-scale investment funds, major global institutions and initiatives, and start-ups on their energy transition and sustainability journey. Previously he was Chief Sustainability Officer of TotalEnergies (2013-2016) and, ahead of Cop 21, led the creation of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and its 1B US $ Climate Fund (CI). He also created and led the Net Zero Businesses division of TotalEnergies (2016-2019) as well as its dedicated Net Zero Venture fund. In parallel he was chairman of OGCI Executive Committee until 2021, developing, together with the member companies, the first joint Climate and Net Zero road maps of the Industry. He has also been Head of IR (2004-2009), Group Treasurer and Head of Financing (2009-2012), and Head of M&A (2019-2021) of TotalEnergies.