Our Team

For enquiries to the World Sailing team, please email office@sailing.org.

Executive Office

• David Graham, Chief Executive Officer
• Nelia Smith, International Relations and Corporate Affairs

 

Legal

• Urvasi Naidoo, Director of Legal and Governance
• Alice Hug, Paralegal
• Gillian Sanders, Integrity Manager

 

Sustainability

• Alexandra Rickham, Director of Sustainability
• Rebecca Videlo, Sustainability Executive

 

Events

• Michael Downing, Interim Director of Events (Contractor)
• Megan Griggs, Race Officials Manager
• Pedro Rodrigues, Events Manager
• Matthew Wheaton, Competitions Manager
• Corinne McKenzie, Events Consultant (Contractor)

 

Technical & Offshore

• Jaime Navarro, Director of Technical & Offshore
• Francesco Gulizzi, Technical Manager
• Antonio Saporito, Technical Specialist
• Pilar López, Class Executive
• Katrina Ham, Offshore and Safety Manager

 

Participation & Development

• Fiona Kidd, Head of International Development (Contractor)
• Catherine Duncan, Development Manager
• Hannah Stodel, Para Sailing Manager

 

Finance & Business Operations

• Raksha Patel, Director of Finance and Business Operations
• Lava Rajeevan, Finance Manager
• Stephen Smith, Head of IT and Digital Infrastructure (Contractor)
• Bunmi Fatunla, Facilities Assistant
• Sam Sihota, Data Consultant (Contractor)

 

Communications & Digital

• Scott Dougal, Director of Communications & Digital
• Claire Boyd, Head of Partnerships
• Tom Roberts, Content Lead
• Lewis Smith, Digital Communications Lead
• Daniel Nash, Corporate Content Lead (Contractor)
• Alberto Carraro, eSailing Partnership Executive