Olympics-Roux de Bezieux set to lead French Alps 2030 committee, source says

FILE PHOTO: Outgoing French employers body MEDEF union leader Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux reacts as he delivers a speech during a meeting to elect a new leader of the French business organisation MEDEF, in Meudon, near Paris, France, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq/File Photo

PARIS, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Geoffroy ⁠Roux de Bezieux is ‌expected to be named president of the organising committee for ​the 2030 Winter Olympic ⁠andParalympic Games (OCOG) ⁠in the French Alps, a ⁠person ‌familiar with the discussions told Reuters ⁠on Monday.

Roux de Bezieux, the ​former ‌boss of France's main business ⁠lobby ​MEDEF, is expected to be appointed at the ⁠organising committee's executive board ​meeting on Thursday.

He would succeed Edgar Grospiron, who left ⁠the post last month before chief executive Vincent Roberti was appointed interim president.

Roux ​de Bezieux, ⁠64, had been named chair ​of OCOG's ‌Remuneration Committee in April.

(Reporting ​by Vincent Daheron; Editing by Ken Ferris)