Simon Gillham

Simon Gillham (born 24 February 1956 in Letchworth Garden City) is a member of Vivendi’s Management Board as well as the co-owner and chairman of the professional French rugby team Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin (Top 14).[1] He is Chairman of Vivendi Village, and Senior Executive Vice president - Communications for Vivendi. He is the father of 4 Franco-British children.

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

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]

Since 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President - Communications Vivendi, as well as Chairman of Vivendi Village. Vivendi Village is a Vivendi subsidiary specialized in live entertainment, ticketing and venues, including such entities as See Tickets, Copyrights Group[3] and U-Live in the United Kingdom , L'Olympia, Théâtre de l'Oeuvre, CanalOlympia (venues in Africa) and Olympia Production.[4]

Through Vivendi Village, Simon Gillham is behind the development of a range of regional festivals particularly in France, such as the Brive Festival,[5] Les Déferlantes Sud de France and Garorock.[6]

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][7]

Rugby

In 2007, he was appointed CEO of CA Brive Corrèze Limousin by then club owner, Daniel Derichebourg.[8] In 2009, he acquired the club “with some friends”.[9][8][10][11] In November 2016, Simon Gillham replaced Jean-Jacques Bertrand as club Chairman. CA Brive Corrèze Limousin currently competes in the French elite division, Top 14.[12]

Notes and references
  1. https://www.vivendi.com/en/biographie/simon-gillham/
  2. "Simon Gillham". vivendi.com. Retrieved 21 July 2016..
  3. "Copyrights details new Board of Directors as it further aligns with Vivendi".
  4. Guerrier, Philippe (15 April 2016). "Vivendi Village : ce labo d'idées qui prolonge les core business". itespresso.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 December 2018..
  5. "Vivendi devient partenaire de Brive Festival". lamontagne.fr. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2018..
  6. Martine Robert (30 August 2019). "Les festivals, nouvelle marotte de Vivendi". lesechos.fr. Retrieved 2 March 2020..
  7. "New Year honours list: Diplomatic service and overseas". TheGuardian.com. 31 December 2009.
  8. 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.
  9. "Top 14. Brive : Patrick Sébastien servi sur un plateau". ladepeche.fr. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2020..
  10. "Passion behind Brive's regeneration". The Irish Times.
  11. "Exodus of English players to France to end, says Brive managing director Simon Gillham".
  12. "Harrington column: Top 14 in turmoil with no option to cut player wages". 8 April 2020.
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