Girish Nadkarni, president of ABB Technology Ventures from 2009 until late last year, is set to take the president position at Total Energy Ventures.

Girish Nadkarni (pictured), formerly president of Switzerland-based power and automation group ABB’s corporate venturing unit, ABB Technology Ventures, has joined France-based oil and gas producer Total to lead its corporate venturing subsidiary.

Nadarkani said he would move to Paris, France, this month to take the president position at Total Energy Ventures (TEV). Francois Badoual, former chief executive of TEV in France, has moved to San Francisco to be president of Total New Energies Ventures USA.

After Nadkarni’s departure in October…