Paris FC: Jean-Marc Gallot & Alexandre Battut (LVMH) appointed managing director & CFO respectively

Jean-Marc Gallot, CEO of Veuve Clicquot, a champagne house owned by the LVMH group since September 2014, has been appointed managing director of Paris FC (promoted to Ligue 1 McDonald's in 2025-26), announced the club on 17/09/2025.

Gallot will take up his new post on 01/10/2025, succeeding Alexis de Seze, who joined the Paris-based club in February 2025. Although Jean-Marc Gallot is leaving the LVMH group, where he has worked "for more than 20 years", he will continue to work with the Arnault family, owners of the luxury goods group, which became the majority shareholder (52%) in Paris FC via its holding company Agache, in November 2024.

Another LVMH group executive has joined Paris FC. Alexandre Battut, head of financial control at perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, will become the club's chief financial officer "at the beginning of November". Battut has experience in professional sport, having previously held the positions of head of financial control at Stade Français Paris (Top 14) from 2020 to 2021, and financial controller and then senior financial controller in charge of sports…