New FIM Chief Executive Officer
Frenchman Stéphane Desprez has been appointed as the head of the world's motorcycle racing governing body, with a background in project management and sportsStéphane Desprez has been appointed the new CEO of the FIM, and will take over the job in January, 2012 following the retirement of incumbent Guy Maitre
Born in 1966 in Nancy, France, Desprez is a graduate of ENSAM Paris (MS Engineering) and of Purdue University (MBA Strategy & Finance) in West Lafayette (IN, USA).
He started his professional career in France as a Consultant and Project Manager and then moved to Houston, Texas to take in charge the General Management of Pro-Metal a US subsidiary of CFF.
He returned to France in 1999 to take the position of Director of Operations of a Sports Event Management company, for which he also acted as tournament director of the Rugby Sevens, and initiated a Rugby Sevens Tour which was the precursor of the IRB Sevens Tour.
In 2004, he started with the early days of the organising committee of the Rugby World Cup 2007 as head of planning, and then joined the executive committee as Director of Competition.
Following two years of freelance assignments, Desprez was appointed Secretary General of the Fédération Internationale de l’Aéronautique (FAI) in January 2010.
Vito Ippolito, the FIM president, said: “The FIM will be facing new challenges in the coming years and the corporate and sport management skills and experience Stéphane Desprez has gained during his professional career will be an asset for the FIM in order to meet the ambitious objectives we have set up in our Vision 2020.”
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