Olympics-Roux de Bezieux named head of French Alps 2030 committee, organisers say

FILE PHOTO: Outgoing French employers body MEDEF union leader Geoffroy Roux de Bezieux reacts 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 29 (Reuters) - ⁠Geoffroy Roux de ‌Bezieux, the former head of ​France's main ⁠business lobbyMEDEF, ⁠was appointed president ⁠of ‌the French ⁠Alps 2030 Winter ​Olympics ‌organising committee on ⁠Thursday, ​the committee said.

He ⁠succeeds Edgar Grospiron, ​who left the post last ⁠month before chief executive Vincent Roberti ​was ⁠named interim president.

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