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Pouyanne, who was appointed CEO in October 2014 following the death of his predecessor Christoph de Margerie in a plane crash in Russia, has had to battle a sharp drop in oil prices since mid-2014 and led Total through heavy spending cuts as profits plummeted.
Royal Dutch Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden's total direct remuneration fell 8 percent last year to 5.135 million euros while the head of British rival BP, Bob Dudley's total remuneration rose 20 percent to $19.6 million, despite the firm delivering one of the lowest profits in its history.