LVMH executives appointed to leadership roles at Paris FC

The Arnault household is drawing on LVMH’s govt ranks to bolster the administration of Paris FC, the Parisian soccer membership through which it acquired a 52.4% majority stake in November 2024. Agache, the household holding firm chaired by Antoine Arnault, has introduced the appointment of two executives from the luxurious group to key positions at the membership. Jean-Marc Gallot, chief govt of Champagne home Veuve Clicquot, and Alexandre Battut, head of monetary management at perfume model Maison Francis Kurkdjian, have been appointed managing director and chief monetary officer, respectively.

Jean-Marc Gallot, a soccer fanatic and shut affiliate of Antoine Arnault, is leaving the world’s main luxurious group, the place he has spent greater than 20 years—together with 11 years at the helm of Veuve Clicquot—to change into the membership’s managing director. He succeeds Alexis de Seze, who took up his publish in February 2025. Gallot will start his new function at Paris FC on October 1, following approval by the membership’s board of administrators.

“I am delighted to see Jean-Marc take over as managing director of the club. We know him well, having worked with him in a relationship of trust for many years, and we are counting on him to bring his dynamism and ambition to this formidable project, which is only just beginning,” stated Antoine Arnault.

Alexandre Battut, who has overseen funds at Maison Francis Kurkdjian since 2021, beforehand labored for Paris Saint-Germain and Stade Français de Paris. Appointed CFO, “he joins Paris FC on the strength of his expertise in finance within a major group, as well as his in-depth knowledge of the professional football sector,” Agache famous in a press launch.

Further modifications could observe within the coming weeks.

At LVMH, Thomas Mulliez, presently president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Moët Hennessy, will substitute Jean-Marc Gallot at Veuve Clicquot. Meanwhile, Laure Baume, president of Moët Hennessy Diageo France, will succeed Mulliez as president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Moët Hennessy.