Mickael Brossard

Mickael is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Paris office and QuantumBlack, Global co-leader of the Digital Twin Service Line.

Emmanuel Versace

Terry Hutchinson

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

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.

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,

Pınar Coskuner Genç

Pınar Coskuner Genç is involved in the world of sailing as PRO. She will be the Principal Race Officer (PRO) for the Paris Olympic Games regattas.

Francesca Clapcich

Professional athlete Francesca Clapcich is one of the world’s most versatile sailors. She has twice represented Italy at both the London and Rio Olympic Games,

Gianguido Girotti

Gianguido Girotti is Group Beneteau Deputy CEO & Boat division CEO

Arnaud Cacquevel

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

Phil Sharp

Phil Sharp, engineer and professional ocean racer, heads up the IMOCA ocean racing project OceansLab which demonstrates scalable clean energy and materials innovations for the boating

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.

David Graham

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

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.

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 is a foiling ambassador. Founder and president of the Foiling Week, a unique community event with wide ranging programs in research and education.

Scott Dougal

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

Meg Reilly

Meg Reilly is a circumnavigator, entrepreneur and marketing consultant. Before quitting her day job to race around the world, Meg worked on Madison Avenue in Global Corporate Communications at Y&R.

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 currently heads up the World Sailing Trust, the official charity affiliated to the governing body of sailing.

Benoit Lebizay

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

Christian Dumard

Christian Dumard has been professional navigator during the 80s and the 90s (Corum Sailing Team, French America’s Cup Team). Christian has being doing weather routing and pre race weather analysis for the racing boats for the past 20 years (Trophée Jules Verne, Volvo Ocean Race, Figaro sailors, Route du Rhum, …). Great Circle was founded…

Anne-Cécile Turner

Anne-Cécile is an award-winning sustainability expert. Experienced in driving positive change through international platforms, her work is supported by her impressive qualifications and training from The Tavistock Institute, Harvard’s Executive Leadership Program and WWF.