Auxerre: Baptiste Malherbe new executive chairman

Promoted to the top flight this season, Auxerre continues to evolve in order to best meet the needs of the League 1. On Tuesday, the publication of an AFP dispatch indicating the upcoming departure of the presidency of James Zhou, the owner of AJA, had been able to raise questions about the club’s organization chart. If it has not yet been formalized by the Ajaist club, this change has, in fact, already taken place and it is based on continuity.

Director General of the AJA, Baptiste Malherbe has indeed become the new Executive Chairman and will therefore occupy both positions. A logical decision, taken in July, the leader knowing perfectly the functioning of the Burgundian club, which he already managed on a daily basis the past season. Expected to return to China soon, James Zhou, who has always maintained that he does not intend to retain the post of president, remains majority shareholder and chairman of the board of directors.