Paris 2024: David Dureisseix's diplomacy (BSB'11)
Partnerships manager since May 2022
The Paris 2024 partners are key players in the construction and success of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. They can be Global Partners (members of the IOC TOP program) or National Partners (Premium, Officials or Supporters).
The partners contribute financially or technically to the success of the Paris Games. They are the ambassadors of the Paris 2024 vision to their ecosystem. They mobilize their employees, customers and partners and are involved in the development of projects, in line with the heritage and sustainability strategy of the event.
David Dureisseix manages a portfolio of 24 private partners. He accompanies them in the” delivery and activation of their rights ”. Sportsman at heart, David realizes a youthful dream within the Paris 2024 team. His recruitment is a model of tenacity:
” In 2017, I followed my wife to Japan where I worked 1,000 jobs and especially built a network. I took the initiative to propose a study on the Tokyo 2020 model to the Director of Partnerships at the time, highlighting my interpersonal skills and my presence on site. My idea did not appeal to her but this suggestion impressed her enough for me to get an appointment back in France eight months later! ”
His creativity and relational qualities spoke for him. But that was obviously not David Dureisseix's only asset! ” Already, I did BSB after getting a sports license. The business dimension of sport has always been my professional driver. ”.
Boundary Management
As part of BSB, an apprenticeship in banking marketing for 18 months is particularly formative. Not sporty, bank marketing? Talk to BPCE, Premium Partner of Paris 2024! A few years in a sports marketing consulting agency and then working on events at RMC Sport reveal solid provisions.
So what is David's mission within Paris 2024? ” For a long time, with my team of seven people, our job consisted in implementing and delivering contractual rewards, such as accreditations, accommodations or seats in the various venues. It was a question of guaranteeing the scrupulous respect of our obligations contained in contracts of a hundred pages each time. ”.
Since January 2023, the second phase of the mission has been activated:” We ensure both the protection of partners' exclusive rights and the respect of the contractual perimeters by each of the actors. In other words, we analyze between 1,000 and 1,200 marketing initiatives each month, submitted to the approval platform. The interest of our work is in the management of boundaries. Talk a lot about advertising campaigns, accept a bit of creativity but know how to say no, even to the most influential partners. The credibility of our partnership program and the integrity of the Paris 2024 vision are at stake. ”.
In short, a hell of a daily sport! Exactly, which athlete is David Dureisseix? ” I played soccer at a good level. Moreover, my two defining moments are the 1998 World Cup, and the fever it generated. And Euro 2016, with the silence that followed the defeat. Today I am doing marathon and triathlon ”.
