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The Team Behind CHINA TEAM

The CHINA TEAM consists of a group of nearly 50 people. These team is critical to the success of the campaign. Just one hour on the water is the end-result of hours of dedication from all team members including the 17 sailors on each of the boats (during training as well as during the regattas); the people who structure the training programme to match the design, development and maintenance programme of the boats; the logistics experts… all of whom contribute to the far greater success of the organisation and who embody the very essence of CHINA TEAM.

1. MANAGEMENT
 
Chaoyong WANG – Syndicate Head
Xavier de Lesquen – Executive Director
Luc Gellusseau – Chief Operations Officer
Pierre Mas – Sailing Manager
  
Steering committee 
Chaoyong Wang
Xavier de Lesquen
Luc Gellusseau
Pierre Mas
Yifei Li, co-investor
Pascal Herold
Jean Marc Teurquétil
Pierre Massé, shore team manager
Philippe Mourniac, sport management
Nicolas Ajacques, corporate affairs

2. Sailing Team

Thierry Barot, (FRA), runners
Thierry Briend (FRA), pit
Florent Chastel (FRA), bow
Armand Coursodon (FRA), mast
Jean Marie Dauris (FRA), bow
Dimitri Deruelle (FRA), strategist
Aziz Essadeck (FRA) , grinder
Frederico Giovannelli (ITA), grinder
Olivier Herdelant (FRA), trimmer
Xavier Husson (FRA), pit
Brice Jaffuel (FRA), grinder – physical trainer
Guangyi LIU (CHN), grinder
Pierre Mas (FRA), skippeur – helmsman
Olivier Maurelli (FRA), grinder, physical trainer
Philippe Mourniac (FRA), tactician
Piotr Przyblski (POL), trimmer
Fred Rivet (FRA), trimmer
Peirui Wang (CHN), grinder
Fei Zhao (CHN), bow

3. Technical team
Since March 2005, Pierre Massé has led the technical team in modifying CHN 69 to meet the
new America’s Cup Class Rule. Once the boat is properly modified, it will be launched to
race in the 2005 season of the Louis Vuitton Cup. The technical team is responsible for the
maintenance of the both the America’s Cup Class boats as well as CHINA TEAM’s support
boats.
Pierre MASSE
Olivier BRETON
Caroline CALVET
Patrice CARRIER
David CESARI
Armand COURSODON
Jean Marie DAURIS
Jean Pierre GOSSWILLER
Xavier HUSSON
Patrick JOURDAN
Michel MENGARDON
Olivier VIGOUREUX

4. Support team

The support team provides administrative, financial and operational management, hosts
sponsors and manages stakeholder communications and media relations.
Frédéric Beauchêne, Flore de Borde, Maryelle Bordesoulle, Pierrick Contin, Hubert Lemonier,
Ivo Marconi, Jean-Charles Scale, Rémi Villard, Lyn Hines, Angie Xia