Loik Le Floch-Prigent (born 21 September 1943 in Brest) is a French engineer and manager. He was CEO of

Elf Aquitaine Elf Aquitaine is a French brand of oils and other motor products (such as brake fluids) for automobiles and trucks. Elf is a former petroleum company which merged with TotalFina to form "TotalFinaElf". The new company changed its name to Total ...

between July 1989 and 1993, then president of

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...

from December 1995 to July 1996, when he was indicted in connection with the Elf affair . He is the nephew of the poet Maodez Glanndour. He was charged in September 2012 with being an accessory to fraud whilst in

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

after a complaint from an Emirati businessman, was filed claiming that he had been manipulated out of $48 million. He was extradited to

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

and appeared before a judge where he was questioned for three hours in

Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437

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