Council

World Sailing Council members were appointed in November 2020 for four years through to November 2024.

The Council comprises the President, seven Vice-Presidents, two Officers of Honour (non-voting), twenty-eight appointed members (representing each of the regional groups of sailing nations), and representatives of the Offshore Committee, Classes Committee, Athletes’ Commission and a Women’s Representative.

Council Members

Board of Directors

  • President – Quanhai Li (CHN)
  • President of Honour (non-voting) – His Majesty King Harald V of Norway
  • President of Honour (non-voting) – His Majesty King Constantine
  • Vice-President – Duriye Özlem Akdurak (TUR)
  • Vice-President – Philip Baum (RSA)
  • Vice-President – Tomasz Chamera (POL)
  • Vice-President – Sarah Kenny (AUS)
  • Vice-President – Yann Rocherieux (FRA)
  • Vice-President – Cory Sertl (USA)
  • Vice-President – Marcus Spillane (IRL)
  • Athlete’s Commission – Jo Aleh (NZL)

Appointed Members

Group A: Stacey Clark (GBR), Fiona Bolger (IRL)

Group B: Edo Fantela (CRO), Wolfgang Mayrhofer (AUT)

Group C: Kamen Fillyov (BUL), Ewa Jodlowska (POL)

Group D: Totos Theodosiou (CYP), Nicolas Henard (FRA), Walter Cavallucci (ITA)

Group E: José Javier Sans Fernández (ESP)

Group F: Remco de Goederen (NED)

Group G: Annika Ekman (SWE), Úlfur H Hróbjartsson (ISL)

Group H: Tatiana Ermakova (RUS)* temporarily suspended

Group I: Rashid Al Kindi (OMA)

Group J: Qu Chun (CHN), Takao Otani (JPN)

Group K: Abdur Rehman Arshad (PAK)

Group L: Daniel Belcher (AUS), John Philp (FIJ)

Group M: Luis Fernando Velasco (ARG)

Group N: Marco Aurelio de Sa Ribeiro (BRA)

Group O: Cary Lee Byerley (ANT), Hector Duvall (DOM)

Group P: Peter Hall (CAN), Stan Honey (USA), Dina Kowalyshyn (USA)

Group Q: Alain Alcindor (SEY), Mohammed Atbi (ALG)

Classes Representative: Jan Martin Wilschut (NED)

Oceanic and Offshore Representative: Matt Allen (AUS)

Para World Sailing Representative: Betsy Alison (USA)

Women’s Representative: Elena Papazoglou (CYP)

Council Minutes