ASM: Guillon will leave the presidency, Pats inducted on June 1

Change in Clermont. As expected, Jean-Michel Guillon, who did not wish to run for a second three-year term, left the presidency of ASM after validation by the club’s board of directors on Tuesday. Jean-Claude Pats, current Director of Personnel for the Michelin group and the only candidate to take over, will be inducted from June 1st.

“In a complicated economic and sporting environment, I had accepted the mission of driving the necessary changes for the club.justified Guillon in an official press release. I made difficult decisions and I am well aware that they were not always understood. With the new sports project led by Christophe Urios, the reinforced collaboration between all the ASM entities and the clubs in the region as well as the implementation of a new economic strategy, we have the foundations to regain a dynamic up to the expectations of our supporters and partners.”

For his part, his successor insisted on “thank you for the work accomplished during these three years of presidency and underline the importance of the fundamental transformations that have been carried out to allow, in the years to come, the ASM to regain its full place in the regional territory, but also in the French and European rugby“. ASM concludes: “Jean-Claude Pats also specified that he would take over the presidency of the club from June 1, while continuing to carry out his missions with the Michelin group..”