{{Short description|Canadian-Swiss sports executive}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Hugh Quennec | birth_date = 28 June 1965 | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sport-for-life.ch/en/foundation/organisation/hugues-quennec.php |title=Hugues Quennec - Founder - Sport 4 Life |access-date=2013-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144047/http://www.sport-for-life.ch/en/foundation/organisation/hugues-quennec.php |archive-date=2017-01-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Former franchise owner and president of Genève-Servette HC and Servette FC | parents = | networth = | website = }} '''Hugues "Hugh" Quennec''' (born 28 June 1965)<ref>{{cite news|date=2 May 2012|title=La personnalité du mois: Hugh Quennec|language=fr|trans-title=Personality of the month: Hugh Quennec|work=Tribune de Genève|url=http://www.tdg.ch/services/divers/La-personnalite-du-mois-Hugh-Quennec/story/19186319|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> was the principal owner and president of the two primary sports teams of Geneva, Switzerland: Genève-Servette HC (GSHC) and Servette FC. He held Genève-Servette HC from 2005 until being bought out for a symbolic fee of 1 Swiss franc (CHF) in 2017 and helmed Servette FC from March 2012 until 2015.
He had been the president of GSHC for seven years when Servette FC began experiencing significant financial difficulties in early 2012. He agreed to purchase Servette FC for a symbolic fee of 1.00 CHF in March 2012.<ref>{{cite news|date=8 March 2012|title=Hugh Quennec est le repreneur de Servette|language=fr|trans-title=Hugh Quennec is Servette's new owner|work=Le Matin|url=http://www.lematin.ch/sports/football/hugh-quennec-reprenneur-servette/story/29686655|access-date=20 January 2022}}</ref> Quennec was able to successfully turn around the club's financial difficulties, avoiding bankruptcy and ensuring the club would continue to participate in the Swiss Super League for the 2012–13 season.
== Personal life == Quennec was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to a Swiss mother from Fribourg and a French father from Brittany.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The organization: Hugues Quennec, Founder|url=http://www.sport-for-life.ch/en/foundation/organisation/hugues-quennec.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116144047/http://www.sport-for-life.ch/en/foundation/organisation/hugues-quennec.php|archive-date=2017-01-16|access-date=2013-09-30|website=Sport for Life}}</ref> He holds both Canadian and Swiss citizenship.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Staff Profile: Hugh Quennec|url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/23010/hugh-quennec|access-date=2022-01-19|website=Elite Prospects|language=en}}</ref>
His daughter, Kaleigh Quennec, is a member of the Swiss women's national ice hockey team.
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