LVMH executives appointed to leadership roles at Paris FC

The Arnault family is drawing on LVMH’s executive ranks to bolster the management of Paris FC, the Parisian football club in which it acquired a 52.4% majority stake in November 2024. Agache, the family holding company chaired by Antoine Arnault, has announced the appointment of two executives from the luxury group to key positions at the club. Jean-Marc Gallot, chief executive of Champagne house Veuve Clicquot, and Alexandre Battut, head of financial control at fragrance brand Maison Francis Kurkdjian, have been appointed managing director and chief financial officer, respectively.

Jean-Marc Gallot, a football enthusiast and close associate of Antoine Arnault, is leaving the world’s leading luxury group, where he has spent more than 20 years—including 11 years at the helm of Veuve Clicquot—to become the club’s managing director. He succeeds Alexis de Seze, who took up his post in February 2025. Gallot will begin his new role at Paris FC on October 1, following approval by the club’s board of directors.

“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,” said Antoine Arnault.

Alexandre Battut, who has overseen finances at Maison Francis Kurkdjian since 2021, previously worked 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 noted in a press release.

Further changes may follow in the coming weeks.

At LVMH, Thomas Mulliez, currently president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Moët Hennessy, will replace 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.