Simon Gillham

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Simon Gillham
Born	(1956-02-24) 24 February 1956 (age 68) Letchworth Garden City
Education	University of Sussex, University of Bristol
Occupation(s)	Chairman, Vivendi Village, Senior Executive Vice President, Communications & Member of the Management Board, Vivendi, Chairman, Club athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin

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

Simon Gillham holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sussex and a postgraduate degree in Education from the University of Bristol.^[2]

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

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

He was appointed to the Vivendi Management Board in November 2015.^[2][7]

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