Guillaume Lesevre

Executive Director International

As Executive Director International, Guillaume Lesevre is responsible for seeing that the Scientology religion continues to expand internationally.

He is assisted by 10 highly trained Church executives who are specialists and experts in each individual function performed by a Church of Scientology, such as ministerial counseling and training, making scriptural materials available to Churches and the general public, and the establishment of new churches and missions.

These 10 executives form the International Management Executive Committee, which is chaired by the Executive Director International. Together they formulate the broad planning and programming for all Scientology organizations.

Born in France, Mr. Lesevre attended college at the Sorbonne in Paris prior to joining the staff of the Church of Scientology more than 20 years ago. He is an ordained minister of the Church.

In 1976, Mr. Lesevre became the director of the Church of Scientology in Vienna, Austria. Two years later, he assumed a senior ecclesiastical position which put him in charge of the administration of all Churches of Scientology in Europe.

Under his direction, the number of European churches, missions and Scientology groups tripled in five years. Mr. Lesevre was particularly determined to take the Scientology religion to new countries, and under his leadership in that same period, Scientology was introduced and new churches opened in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Israel and Greece.

In 1982, Mr. Lesevre took on a position of international responsibility when he was appointed Executive Director International. Under his management, Scientology has continued to grow steadily, from 335 Scientology churches, missions and groups in 52 countries, to 3,150 Scientology churches, missions and groups in 115 countries today.

Mr. Lesevre worked closely with Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard for many years and he is highly trained in Church administrative policy and a member of the Board of Directors of the Church of Scientology International.