Melanie Stuckens

Melanie Stuckens is Sponsorship Manager at Holcim Group, based in Switzerland. In her role, she is responsible for managing the sponsor side of Team Holcim-PRB,

Charles Caudrelier

Having trained as an officer in the Merchant Navy, Charles Caudrelier has carved out one of the finest track records in French and international offshore racing through a career already spanning 25 years.

Marit Bouwmeester

Marit Bouwmeester is the sports’ most decorated female sailor of all times. Recently crowned Olympic champion

Gianguido Girotti

Gianguido Girotti is Group Beneteau Deputy CEO & Boat division CEO

Terry Hutchinson

Terry Hutchinson is a distinguished American sailor and a veteran America’s Cup competitor with participation in six America’s Cup cycles.

Cécile Andrieu

Cécile Andrieu is the Director of the Racing Departement of MerConcept and Team Manager of the trimaran SVR-Lazartigue.

Bobby Kleinschmit

Bobby Kleinschmit is principal naval architect at Emirates Team New Zealand and has been with the team since 2010.

Laura Marimon Giovannetti

Laura Marimon Giovannetti started working in RISE Maritime (SSPA) in October 2019.

Loris Schimanski

Loris is a boatbuilder and technology integration specialist at Greenboats.

Rosalin Kuiper

Rosalin Kuiper, 29, Dutch, is an accomplished offshore sailor and current co-skipper of Team Holcim-PRB.

Bruno Dubois

Bruno is one of a select band of people who understands the challenges of sailing both as a professional sailor and as a team manager.

David Graham

David Graham has served as Chief Executive Officer of World Sailing, the global governing body for the sport, since July 2020.

Annamarie Phelps

Annamarie Phelps is Co-Chair of the Global Executive of the International Working Group on Women and Sport [IWG], the largest global network for the advancement of gender equality in sport,

Steven Robert

Né à Brest, en France, Steven Robert a suivi des études d’ingénierie en France avant de débuter sa carrière professionnelle chez HDS.

Simon Keijzer

After an initial career in advertising combined with a semi-professional career in Olympic and offshore sailing, I am now a communicator in (top) sport events.

Luca Rosetti

Luca Rosetti is a 29-year-old sailor from Bologna. He started competing at the age of 7.

Keith Williams

Keith Williams led the project team delivering Capgemini’s engineering solution to reveal a new dimension of the race by making the wind visible into the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup.

Massimo Mancini

Soco Nunez de Cela

Soco Nuñez de Cela is the chair of the Magenta Project. She is a passionate amateur sailor, who has done three Fastnet races and Two Caribbean 600 among others. 

Erik Berzins

Erik Berzins has been a lifelong sailor and inventor, and has been able to turn those passions into a career at Morrelli & Melvin.

Edoardo Recchi

Edoardo Recchi has been the Sport Director of Yacht Club Costa Smeralda since 2001. He was also an Italian Navy Officer between 1990 and 2000

Joseph Ozanne

Aerospace engineer and data scientist, twice America’s Cup winner with a career at the intersection of technology, performance, software engineering and elite sport.

Simon Keijzer

Jakob Ødum

Jakob Ødum is co-founder/owner of TracTrac (2005).

Mădălina Preda

Formerly the Communication Specialist at Greenpeace International, and the Brand Managing Editor at Patagonia, Mădălina Preda is now steering North Technology Group

Matthew Morin

Matthew Morin is the Co-Founder, along with his brother, Kevin, of MarkSetBot, the world’s first robotic race buoy.

Julia Castro

With a background in professional kitesurfing, Julia Castro, born in the Canary Islands, is a social media expert with a knack for elevating major sailing events’ digital presence.

Peter Speight

Pete is a Senior Consultant at Think Beyond and Olympic athlete.

Karen Webb Moss

Karen is Chair of Aquatics GB and Chair and Strategic Adviser of More than Equal (an initiative in motorsport focused on finding and developing the first female F1 champion).

Ian Walker

Ian has valuable experience across a wide range of sailing, from winning two Olympic silver medals, skippering an America’s Cup team, and winning the Volvo Ocean Race.

Francis Hueber

Francis Hueber is the Co-founder and General Manager of Caponnetto Hueber, an innovation and technological laboratory and consultancy dedicated to the yachts and maritime industries.

Nick Bice

Nick Bice, a leading figure in the world of high-performance sailing, will bring his extensive experience and deep industry knowledge to the YRF stage in 2024.

Hugues Destremau

Hugues Destremau has worked in the sailmaking industry for over 27 years, on the loft floor, in design and in sales.

Imogen Dinham-Price

Imogen specialised in sustainability at the University of Southampton. First taking her learnings to the agricultural sector before jumping across to the marine sector.

Carlos Freire Trigo

Carlos is an electronics engineer, sailor, and entrepreneur specializing in lithium batteries, marine electrical and electronics, and interconnect solutions.

Pia Mathias

After graduating from a MSc in control and automation and aerospace engineering, Pia joined Madintec in 2020 to work on the autopilot system robustness against sensor failures

Andrew Preece

Andrew Preece is Executive Director at Sunset+Vine, one of the world’s leading sports production companies

Joe Lynch

Joe Lynch is Chief Executive Officer of ICOMIA. Prior to joining ICOMIA in 2023, Joe founded a consultancy

Marcus Warrelmann

Marcus Warrelmann is the CEO of SEA.AI, known for his strategic leadership in business scaling. With a mechanical engineering background from Deutsche Bahn,

Ian Sollors

Ian is Head of Branded Content at Sunset+Vine helping clients like Mobil1, Gillette,

Conrad Colman

Conrad Colman is a New Zealand – American solo offshore racing sailor based in France.

Rob Weiland

Rob Weiland, born in 1951 in The Hague, The Netherlands. Offshore sailor and boat captain in the 70-ties and 80-ties, project managing racing yacht construction

Thomas Gaveriaux

Thomas Gaveriaux has had an international management career alternating between top-level sport and industry

Dr. Pierre-Yves Mechin

In addition to graduating with his PhD in Material Sciences & Engineering Mechanics, Pierre-Yves worked within the Marine Engineering industry

Cyril Dardashti

A former member of the French windsurfing squad with a degree in economics, Cyril Dardashti joined Gitana Team in 2006 as administrative and financial director.

Arnaud Cacquevel

Specialized in BtoB marketing and communication, I work on the development and transitions of the sailing sector, which includes competitive sailing,

Pınar Coskuner Genç

Pınar Coskuner Genç is involved in the world of sailing as international race officer, judge, umpire and administrator.

Will Carson

Will Carson has spent two decades working at the forefront of news and sport communication, first as a Fleet Street journalist then moving to the ‘dark side’ of comms and PR.

Mickael Brossard

Mickael is a partner with QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. He is an expert in technological approaches as well as digital transformation of R&D departments.

Rowan Gyde

Rowan specialises in commercial strategy for marine companies, advising industry leaders in the technology and performance sectors.

François Bopp

François is a 61-year-old Swiss entrepreneur, based in Bulgaria, active mainly in the Medtech sector. He is also a passionate sailor and boat owner.

Damian Foxall

Damian Foxall (born 7 March 1969) is an Irish sailor from County Kerry. He has competed and worked with eleven round-the-world race teams which including four 1st place wins.

Emmanuel Versace

Francesca Capodanno

Francesca Capodanno, owner and CEO of Wordpower, is a leading expert in sailing event communication.

Dr. Phil Richardson

Dr. Phil Richardson works with advanced wind sensing applications at FT Technologies, focusing on acoustic resonance for precise wind

Mark Somerville

Mark Somerville is CTO and Marine Race Director of Persico. Originally from Auckland New Zealand where he studied and sailed competitively before leaving New Zealand

Clare G. Harrington

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Nic Douglass

Nic Douglass, also known as “Sailor Girl,” is a renowned Australian commentator, presenter and multi-platform journalist

Andy Rice

Andy Rice is a full-time sailing journalist, commentator and marketing consultant.

Amy Munro

Amy Munro studied oceanography at the University of Southampton before embarking on a career in the sports industry, focusing on sustainability strategy creation and implementation.

Erwan Faoucher

After obtaining in 2006 an engineering degree in material science (normandy) and a PhD in chemistry in 2010 from Liverpool University,

Luca Rizzotti

Luca Rizzotti is the founder and president of Foiling Week™ and the Foiling Organization, dedicated to advancing innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity in foiling and maritime activities.

Alexandra Rickham

Alexandra Rickham is Director of Sustainability at World Sailing.

Scott Dougal

Scott Dougal is the Director of Communications and Digital at World Sailing, a position he has held since March 2022.

Shirley Robertson

Shirley Robertson OBE made history by becoming the first British woman to win Olympic Gold Medals at two consecutive Olympic Games.

Victoria Low

With three decades of experience in the yachting industry, Victoria is an experienced Director and independent

Martin Fischer

Born in Celle (Germany) in 1962, Martin studied physics and holds a PhD in geophysics. For 14 years he has been working on the design of hulls and appendages for numerous projects

Benoit Lebizay

An avid sailor his whole life, Benoit Lebizay jumped ship from the finance industry to build yachts. He now manages Gunboat.

Richard Brisius

Richard Brisius is the co-CEO of The Ocean Race alongside Johan Salén. He brings extensive experience in leading international complex teams, projects and events.

Loïck Peyron

Round the world sailor and America’s Cup finalist, Loïck Peyron is undoubtedly the most emblematic skipper of the “French school” of ocean racing, but his exceptional record is not enough to define this outstanding sailor.

Matthew Sheahan

Matthew Sheahan is the producer & founder of PlanetSail, a media dedicated to yacht racing. He will be the chairman of the Design & Technology Symposium.

Hervé Favre

Hervé Favre is the chairman of OC Sport , the international sports event division of the French Media Telegramme Group (www.groupetelegramme.com)

Joseph Bizard

Since June 2024, he was appointed CEO of OC Sport in charge of both Sailing and Outdoor events activities.

Jeremy Pochman

Jeremy is a co-founder and the CEO of 11th Hour Racing, captain, and professional sailor.

Christian Dumard

Christian Dumard has been professional navigator during the 80s and the 90s (Corum Sailing Team, French America’s Cup Team).

Quentin Lucet

Quentin Lucet, naval architect has been involved with VPLP since 2006 in numerous racing projects. The range of projects is really wide with a common factor : performance.

Håkan Svensson

Håkan Svensson, from Sweden, is the owner of Aston Harald. Keen sailor. Businessman. Has worked in the Marine Industry since early 90’s, in propulsion, shipbuilding, carbon fibre.

Anne-Cécile Turner

Anne-Cécile is an award-winning sustainability expert. Experienced in driving positive change through international platforms,