Jean-Marc Gallot, a 22-year veteran at LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, is leaving behind Champagne to become managing director of the Paris Football Club, the soccer team in which the Arnault family’s holding group Agache took a majority stake last year.
Gallot, who has been president and chief executive officer of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin since 2014, will be succeeded by Thomas Mulliez, who has been Moët Hennessy‘s president of Europe, Middle East and Africa region since 2023 and a recent addition to its executive committee.
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Mulliez reports to Jean-Jacques Guiony, president and CEO of Moët Hennessy and a member of the LVMH executive committee.
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Mulliez will be succeeded in turn by Laure Baume, managing director of Moët Hennessy France, effective Oct. 1 and reporting to Alexandre Arnault, deputy CEO of LVMH’s wines and spirits division.
In a release, LVMH noted that Baume is to continue in her current role until her successor is announced “to ensure an efficient transition.”
“I am delighted to celebrate the development of our exceptional internal talent with these well-deserved leadership appointments that recognize the dedication, experience, and leadership capabilities of individuals who have grown within our organization,” Alexandre Arnault commented. “Their transitions… are testament to our commitment to empowering leaders to reach their full potential, and I wish Thomas and Laure all the best as they take on their exciting new challenges.”
Meanwhile, Guiony lauded the “leadership and vision” of Gallot, who made a “significant impact on the development of Veuve Clicquot and has been deeply involved in building Moët Hennessy. I would like to thank him for his contribution over the past 11 years and look forward to seeing him bring the same energy and expertise to his exciting new chapter at Paris Football Club.”
Gallot joined LVMH in 2003 as president and CEO of Louis Vuitton North America, becoming president of Louis Vuitton Europe three years later. He moved over to Champagne house Ruinart in 2009, until he returned to the fashion and leather goods division, first as president of commercial and international activities at Vuitton, and then as managing director of Fendi.
Paris FC is a first-division soccer club that has many fans within LVMH, including Gallot and Antoine Arnault, head of image and environment at LVMH.
Gallot is to succeed Alexis de Seze, effective Oct. 1, subject to approval by the club’s board of directors, which is to take place in the coming days, according to a separate release from Paris FC.
In it, Antoine Arnault lauded Gallot’s arrival at the sports team.
“We know him well, having worked with him in trust for many years, and we are counting on him to bring his dynamism and ambition to this fantastic project, which is only just beginning,” he said, also thanking de Seze “for his commitment since our family acquired the club.”