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)