Simon Gillham

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

Simon Gillham
Born (1956-02-24) 24 February 1956
Letchworth Garden City
EducationUniversity of Sussex, University of Bristol
OccupationChairman, Vivendi Village, Chairman, Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin

Life

Career

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

He started his career at Thomson in 1981 as a management training specialist. In 1985, he created his own training and communications company: York Consultants. In 1991, he was appointed as Communications Vice-President at Thomson Consumer Electronics. In 1994, he joined the CarnaudMetalbox group. In early 1999, Simon Gillham was appointed to head the Communications department 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 Director.[2]

Since 2007, he is Vivendi Executive Vice-President - Communications, as well as Chairman of Vivendi Village. Vivendi Village is a Vivendi subsidiary specialized in live entertainment, ticketing and venues, which includes 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 made Officer of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

Since November 10, 2015, he is a member of Vivendi’s Managing Board.[2][7]

Rugby

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

Notes and references
  1. https://www.vivendi.com/en/biographie/simon-gillham/
  2. "Simon Gillham". vivendi.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21..
  3. https://www.licensing.biz/copyrights-details-new-board-of-directors-as-it-further-aligns-with-vivendi/
  4. Guerrier, Philippe (2016-04-15). "Vivendi Village : ce labo d'idées qui prolonge les core business". itespresso.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-19..
  5. "Vivendi devient partenaire de Brive Festival". lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2018-12-19..
  6. Martine Robert (2019-08-30). "Les festivals, nouvelle marotte de Vivendi". lesechos.fr. Retrieved 2020-03-02..
  7. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/31/new-years-honours-list-diplomatic
  8. Jean-Paul Cohade (2016-05-24). "Pour Simon Gillham, vice-président du CA Brive, "le club est prêt pour l'Europe"". lamontagne.fr. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
  9. "Top 14. Brive : Patrick Sébastien servi sur un plateau". ladepeche.fr. 22 March 2007. Retrieved 2020-04-26..
  10. https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/passion-behind-brive-s-regeneration-1.567752
  11. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/6790004/Exodus-of-English-players-to-France-to-end-says-Brive-managing-director-Simon-Gillham.html
  12. https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/features/35969/harrington-column-top-14-in-turmoil-with-no-option-to-cut-player-wages/
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