Career
A resident of Paris, from 1974 to 1989 Olivier Lecerf was at the helm of the French based multinational industrial conglomerate Lafarge Group, serving as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors. In 1991 Editions de Fallois published Lecerf"s book Au risque de gagner - Le métier de dirigeant (). The book contained his comments and views on being a company leader and the stakes and issues involved.
An owner-breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses, in 1986 Olivier Lecerf was chosen president of the Fédération nationale des sociétés de courses.
Olivier Lecerf died at age 77 in 2006.