CHRISTOPHE BEZU , is an entrepreneur , executive in multi billions organisations ,adviser for boards and a board member for Americans , Europeans and Indians companies in sport, sport infrastructure, and tech industry .
He is today a partner of VISCONTI Partners , the leader in Europe , a collective of ex – executives , accompagnying and transforming current executives , boards and new talents , in their personnal well being and the performance of their organization and brand.
He is also engaged in multiple projects , environmental , sports club , water ressources, ,and also managed for 12 years ( 2011-2022) ) his agriculture and viticole domaine of 65 hectares in the south west of france producing top wines in this region and welcoming international tourists in his 2000 sq meters castle of 17e century .
He , initially spend most of his time in the sport industry , in Adidas ( 1988-2011) , being himself an ex athlete and French captain of the field hockey team ( 75-88) , first as the marketing director in France , before moving to japan , in Tokyo, ( 91) as the marketing director of the japan operations with their licencees, and became the founder and first president of the adidas japan KK ( in 1998 till 2003).
In end 2003 he went to Hong Kong to heads up the entire Adidas Group Asia-Pacific operations , including all brands ( reebok, Taylor made , arteryx ) and the major markets of China, Japan , Korea, India…..( 2003-2009)
After the Beijing Olympics of 2008 , he was promoted as the Chief Executive E-com officer globally for the entire group , transforming the entire group into a more accurate and digitalized organization …..Part of the executive board , he decided however to move on and joined Esprit brand in Düsseldorf in 2011 , a women’s fashion clothing brand , as the Chief wholesale officer for the group , joining their board of management .
In 2013 , after the restructuring of the organization , he became the managing director for Europe and the emerging markets , all channels included ( Esprit 2011-15 )
Missing his passion for sport and the dynamic of sport industry , he was elected by the board of Odlo , a reputated Norwegian sport brand in the outdoor segment to join their Executive board ( 2015)…before being delegated to heads up the company and restructure them as the Chief executive officer and executive board member , till the resale of the brand end of 2019 . ( Zurich 2015-2019 )
Christophe was on the way to join other projects when covid hit and decided to care of his own wine domain and chateau to develop the necessary activities till he sold it , end of 2022 to another investor .
Along the side of his passion for sport , christophe is a collector , passionnated about arts, littérature , wine and enviromentamental projects . He is married with 3 childrens He was graduated from the Paris business school , with expertise in marketing and international trade , including a diplôma in finance and accounting ( DECS) and did numerous trainings and executives seminars in ( STANDFORD) , ( HARVARD) in us and ( INSEAD ) in France and ( IMD ) in Lausanne .