Simon Gillham

Simon Gillham
Born (1956-02-24) 24 February 1956 (age 70)
Letchworth Garden City
EducationUniversity of Sussex, University of Bristol
OccupationsChairman, Vivendi Village, Senior Executive Vice President, Communications & Member of the Management Board, Vivendi, Chairman, Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin

Simon Gillham (born 24 February 1956 in Letchworth Garden City) is the co-owner and director of the professional French rugby team Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin.[1] He is also chairman of the English Championship, the second level of men's English rugby. Between 2007 and 2022, he was a member of Vivendi’s Management board. He is the father of 4 Franco-British children.

Life

Career

Simon Gillham holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sussex and a postgraduate degree in Education from the University of Bristol.[2]

He started his career at Thomson in 1981 as a language training specialist. In 1985, he created a training and communications company: York Consultants. In 1991, he was appointed Communications Vice-President at Thomson Consumer Electronics. In 1994, he joined the CarnaudMetalbox group. In early 1999, Simon Gillham was appointed V-P Communications of the Valeo Group, before being appointed as Havas Communications Vice-President in April 2001. He joined Vivendi in 2007 as Communications and Sustainable Development Senior Vice President.[2]

In 2007, he became Executive Vice-President - Communications Vivendi, as well as Chairman of Vivendi Village.

Through Vivendi Village, Simon Gillham was behind the development of a range of regional festivals particularly in France, such as the Brive Festival,[3] Les Déferlantes Sud de France and Garorock.[4]

In 2010, Simon Gillham was appointed Officer of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

He was appointed to the Vivendi Management Board in November 2015.[2][5]

Rugby

In 2007, he was appointed CEO of CA Brive Corrèze Limousin by then club owner, Daniel Derichebourg.[6] In 2009, he acquired the club “with some friends”.[7][6][8][9] In November 2016, Simon Gillham replaced Jean-Jacques Bertrand as club Chairman. CA Brive Corrèze Limousin. He was succeeded by Thierry Blandinières in 2024.

Notes and references

  1. ^ https://www.vivendi.com/en/biographie/simon-gillham/
  2. ^ a b c d "Simon Gillham". vivendi.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016..
  3. ^ "Vivendi devient partenaire de Brive Festival". lamontagne.fr. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018..
  4. ^ Martine Robert (30 August 2019). "Les festivals, nouvelle marotte de Vivendi". lesechos.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2020..
  5. ^ "New Year honours list: Diplomatic service and overseas". TheGuardian.com. 31 December 2009.
  6. ^ a b Jean-Paul Cohade (24 May 2016). "Pour Simon Gillham, vice-président du CA Brive, "le club est prêt pour l'Europe"". lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Top 14. Brive : Patrick Sébastien servi sur un plateau". ladepeche.fr. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2020..
  8. ^ "Passion behind Brive's regeneration". The Irish Times.
  9. ^ "Exodus of English players to France to end, says Brive managing director Simon Gillham". 11 December 2009.
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