Pierre Blayau

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Pierre Blayau
Born (1950-12-14) 14 December 1950 (age 73)
Nationality French
Alma mater ENS de Saint-Cloud
Sciences Po, ÉNA
OccupationBusinessman

Pierre Blayau (born 14 December 1950) [1] is a French business executive. From 2001 to 2013, he was the president of GEODIS Logistics Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of SNCF. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Originally from Rennes, Brittany, he is an alumnus of the École normale supérieure of Saint-Cloud, Sciences Po and the École nationale d'administration, finishing his studies in 1978. [1] [3] [4]

Career

Blayau worked extensively in French football, first with AS Nancy and, later, with his hometown team Stade Rennais F.C., of which he was the president from 1998 to 2000. [1] He was also treasurer of the Ligue de Football Professionnel from 2003 to 2005, [1] and part of the organising group for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France. [4] On 2 May 2005, he was named president of Paris Saint-Germain F.C. by its owners, Canal+, in place of Francis Graille. [2] He lasted just under a year in the job, as the sale of the club to Colony Capital led to his replacement by Alain Cayzac. [5]

Other activities

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