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

SNCF The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (; abbreviated as SNCF ; French for "National society of French railroads") is France's national state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the country's national rail traffi ...

Early life and education

Originally from

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

, he is an alumnus of the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

of Saint-Cloud,

Sciences Po , motto_lang = fr , mottoeng = Roots of the Future , type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école'' , established = , founder = Émile Boutmy , a ...

and the École nationale d'administration, finishing his studies in 1978.

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. He was also treasurer of the Ligue de Football Professionnel from 2003 to 2005, and part of the organising group for the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

in France. On 2 May 2005, he was named president of

Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Paris Saint-Germain Football Club (), commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain, Paris, Paris SG or simply PSG is a professional football club based in Paris, France. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. As Fr ...

by its owners, Canal+, in place of

Francis Graille Francis Graille (born 25 April 1955) is a French businessman and executive. He has worked for various media companies, and served as the president of professional football clubs Lille OSC, Paris Saint-Germain, and AJ Auxerre. Career In 1982, ...

. 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 Alain Cayzac, born in Évreux, Eure on 2 June 1941 is a French advertising agent and was the president of the Paris Saint-Germain Football Club between June 2006 and April 2008. A graduate of HEC Paris, Alain Cayzac began his career as an adver ...

Other activities

Areva Areva S.A. is a French multinational group specializing in nuclear power headquartered in Courbevoie, France. Before its 2016 corporate restructuring, Areva was majority-owned by the French state through the French Alternative Energies and Atom ...

, chair of the board of directors (2013–2014) * Cellnex, independent member of the board of directors (since 2015)"Board of Directors"
Cellnex.

References

1950 births Living people Businesspeople from Rennes French chief executives French football chairmen and investors ENS Fontenay-Saint-Cloud-Lyon alumni Sciences Po alumni École nationale d'administration alumni Inspection générale des finances (France) Knights of the Legion of Honour Commanders of the Ordre national du Mérite Sportspeople from Ille-et-Vilaine Paris Saint-Germain F.C. presidents {{France-business-bio-stub