In this episode, we paint the portrait of the man who pulls the strings of blue, white and red agriculture, with Béatrice Mathieu, senior reporter at L’Express.
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The team: Charlotte Baris (presentation), Léa Bertrand (writing) and Jules Krot (editing and production).
Credits: InVivo Group, Sud Radio
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Charlotte Baris: Today I’m taking you to a rugby stadium. You will soon understand why. We are at the stadium in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the southwest of France. CA Brive faces Biarritz on the last day of Pro D2. And in the stands, the tension is at its height. At the last second, the Brivists score a final try. Shouts ring out, players run onto the pitch and the club anthem, a hit by the group Trois café gourmands, resonates in the stadium. CA Brive finished 6th in the championship and snatched its ticket to the final stages at the last minute.
Among the delirious crowd, there was one who didn’t miss a minute of the match. His name is Thierry Blandinières. He is the vice-president of the club, and he has a rugby spirit in his body. When he was younger, he wore number 10 in the city’s junior team. And today, he doesn’t miss a single match for the French XV. For Brive, Thierry Blandinières thinks big: he wants to bring the club back to the highest level and join the Top 14.
But his overflowing ambition is not limited to the oval ball. In addition to the rugby club of his childhood, Thierry Blandinières is first and foremost, the general director of InVivo, a giant of French agriculture. A boss who applies the values of sport to business management. In this episode, we present to you a playmaker of French capitalism, who never kicks in…
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