SailGP has announced a major reorganization of the racing league corporation structure.
Sir Russell Coutts, co-founder of SailGP with Larry Ellison in 2018, will continue to oversee all business units as SailGP CEO.
While Andy Thompson will take on a wider role as Managing Director of the SailGP League business unit, focussing on the growth and commercialization of SailGP.
Until now Thompson has been the Chief Commercial Officer of SailGP, having previously worked as CFO of the America’s Cup. Newly recruited Melissa Lawton – who joined in May 2022 from Meta – will lead the SailGP Production unit
SailGP will be organized into three key business units . . .
- SailGP League covering Commercial, Marketing, Events, Technology and Strategy
- SailGP Productions covering Broadcast and Content
- SailGP Technologies which is the boat building, design and applied technologies division of the company.
Source: SailGP announce structural changes and new hires ahead of Season 4
