Christophe CHENUT
Graduating fromParis-Dauphine University in 1984 and holding an MBA fromHEC, then the Institut Supérieur des Affaires (class of 1986), he became editor of Création magazine (Groupe Stratégies). In 1987, he founded Directing, a direct marketing consultancy, with Xavier Romatet.
In 1993, he sold his company to the DDB Group to merge with its direct marketing subsidiary Rapp Collins. President of Rapp Collins France and then Rapp Collins Europe, he became Managing Director of DDB France in 2000. In March 2003, he left DDB to become CEO of L'Équipe Group(L'Équipe, L'Équipe TV, lequipe.fr, France Football, Vélo Magazine, etc.).
Parallel to his professional career, he took over the presidency of Stade de Reims in 1996. During his tenure, the club was promoted from CFA2(1997-98 season) to Ligue 2 (2002). Christophe Chenut was forced to step down as club president in May 2004 for reasons of incompatibility with his new professional duties at L'Équipe.
Christophe Chenut became General Manager of the Lacoste luxury goods group on April 1, 2008. In January 2013, he left Lacoste when the company was sold following the Lacoste family's internal conflict.
In March 2013, he joined Nicolas Beytout's project to launch a new daily digital and print media outlet, to be released in May 2013: L'Opinion, which he launched and managed for two and a half years.
From early 2016 and after a brief stint with the Fast Retailing group(Uniqlo, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse tam tam) and as head ofElite World, he focuses on his consulting, entrepreneurial and investment activities through his company Christophe Chenut Conseil SAS.
In this context, he has invested in a number of companies, including the purchase of the " Ines de La Fressange " brand alongside Fabrice Boé, in LAPSA (Petfood) and Socceroof (5-a-side soccer in the US). He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board ofHopscotch Groupe and a member of the Board of Directors of Groupe SMCP (Sandro, Maje, Claudie Pierlot).
As far as his soccer mandates are concerned, he was a director of Paris Saint-Germain Football Club from 2009 to 2011. He stepped down from this position when the Club was acquired by Qatar. He then became a shareholder and director ofEvian-Thonon-Gaillard FC until early 2015, when he sold his shares along with some thirty other minority shareholders. From 2017 to 2020 he was a director of Stade Rennais Football Club, and since January 2021 of LOSC Lille.
In 2018 he is the author of the book "Ingérables" (How to manage your talents in business) and since March 2020 President of Dauphine Alumni, the alumni association of Dauphine University.