Brigitte Henriques paid to chair the CNOSF

A new page turned on Wednesday at the CNOSF, during the Extraordinary General Assembly organized at the Maison du Sport Français. Brigitte Henriques, elected on June 29 to succeed Denis Masseglia, will be paid up to 9,000 euros gross per month, according to our information. ” Faced with the challenge that we must take up at the CNOSF, I made the choice to be a full-time president and to be paid as the framework of the law allows. », Explains the former general manager of the French Football Federation.

If the text specifies that three directors of an association can benefit from a remuneration, there is, to date, no remuneration planned for Didier Séminet, secretary general of the CNOSF who resigned from his post of president of the French baseball federation on September 5, nor for the foilist Astrid Guyart, team silver medalist at the Tokyo Games and deputy general secretary.

A “very rich debate”

« The board of directors had already validated this provision », Recalls Brigitte Henriques about her remuneration. Therefore, according to our statutes, it had to be voted on by two-thirds of the General Assembly “. The subject gave rise to a ” very rich debate during which the floor was free », Underlines the president by specifying that his salary was voted with 80% of the votes.

Former President Denis Masseglia, to whom the General Assembly paid tribute this Wednesday, was not paid but paid for his travels and accommodation in Paris. It should be noted, however, in the 2017 balance sheet that the statutory auditors announced “ total gross compensation of € 16,453.97 paid to the chairman »For the 2017 financial year, which ended on May 11, 2017.