TotalEnergies Kenya has appointed Eric Fanchini as the new managing director of the company,  replacing Olagoke Aluko who recently took up a new role as the Vice President, Finance & Corporate Affairs for Marketing & Services in Africa.

Fanchini is expected to lead the company in its new journey as a clean energy firm. Prior to his appointment, Mr Eric Fanchini served as the Managing Director at TotalEnergies Petroleum Ghana Plc.

He has been with TotalEnergies Company for nearly two decades where he worked in senior managerial roles including; IT Manager for the Company’s Aviation Business Unit in Paris, France, Head of TotalEnergies Marketing & Services, Head of the rollout of TotalEnergies SAP European Template United Kingdom, Retail Card Services Manager in the United Kingdom, Sales Director in Cote d’Ivoire, and Strategy and Senior M&A Project Manager in Paris, France. In addition, he worked as the Deputy of the Vice President of TotalEnergies Marketing & Services in West Africa.

Fanchini holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and International Sales from EDHEC Business School and he also holds a PRINCE2 Certification in Project Management (United Kingdom standard)