Francois Clement
François is a Senior Principal and President of Populous France, with extensive experience in all phases and types of sports architecture, including stadium, arena, horse racing and training centre design.
His recent work includes leading the construction of the Moulay Abdallah national stadium of Rabat in Morocco, which hosted the final match of the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations for 70,000 seated fans. Currently, he is the lead architect for the Hassan II stadium, which will become the biggest football stadium in the world (115,000 seats) and the potential location for the FIFA 2030 World Cup final. He is also the Director of the La Meinau stadium project for Racing Strasbourg, increasing its capacity from 26,000 to 32,000 seats, while other recent projects include the CoMet Arena in Orléans.
Francois led the Populous team to help the Paris 2024 Bid Committee secure the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, providing technical expertise and assistance to develop plans for 38 Olympic and Paralympic venues across the city.
Additionally, François worked on the design of the Aviva Stadium in Ireland, completed in 2010.
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Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Architecture
- MArch (Master of Architecture)
- PGDip (Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture)
- RIBA
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