Boris’s ocean challenge is to be the first German to compete in the Vendée Globe in 2020

Holly grew up sailing with her family and loves to explore the world by sail boat. Before joining Malizia as team manager in Hamburg, she was a corporate lawyer based between London and Guernsey.

Stuart has over 16 years experience in running racing yachts and has been involved in The Ocean Race, The Vendee Globe and The Barcelona World Race.

Birte is a teacher with 8 years experience, she developed the Ocean Challenge kit with the aim to educate children around the world about climate change and the ocean.

Involved in the IMOCA circuit since 2007, including the Barcelona World Race 2010 with Boris and winning the 2014 NY-Barcelona race with Hugo Boss. Trained as a rigger, but bringing my experience to bear anywhere we can find improvements before the Vendee.

Lucia has been working for different sailing teams and event the last 5 years - including Turn the Tide on Plastic team of the last Volvo Ocean Race edition - doing all the logistics around the world. In her spare time you will find her running and exploring the city she is in.

Mike is a specialist in composites technologies.

I am a yacht rigger. I have been involved in sailing for Emirate Team New Zealand in the extreme sailing series (2014) and there after worked at Hall Spars and rigging before starting my own rigging company where I then moved onto working for Sail GP and then onto Team Malizia.

Polar scientist and adventurer. Anne-Claire has participated in various polar expeditions and worked with multiple research institutes before joining the Malizia Ocean Challenge program. Here, she wants to develop scientific and educational programs to inspire younger generations using her knowledge from past expeditions and findings.

Science, education and training in relation to weather/routing options.

Former head of business development of the Volvo Ocean Race, Mike knows the sailing world inside out. Lecturer of sports marketing at the Munich Business School in his spare time.

Holding a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development and Leadership, Niels de Fraguier has been involved in the youth sector for more than five years. Fully committed to developing youth and women empowerment programs, Niels believes in the power of sport to foster sustainable development and peace.

Arno is a dedicated offshore sailor himself and has been racing worldwide. He has joined the team on the corporate and management side and also works as a sales director for an international german company.

Johannes has a long career in sports marketing and has become a fan of sailing ever since he was responsible for sponsoring a well-known sailing team at a global fashion company. Since then, he's working to get a German team back on the grid for the world's largest offshore races

Andreas has worked with Boris for many years and is a specialist in all things sailing and is head of PR and communications for the team.

Andreas is a lifetime photographer and filmer on land and on water. He is also a Mini-Transit sailor and sailing enthusiast.

Yannick has been sailing since childhood. He writes articles for sailing magazines and various blogs, sharing his experiences at sea and reporting on sailing events in four languages: English, French, German and Portuguese.

After a decade of worldwide racing Arno’s fascination for single-hand-racing brought Boris and him in the late nineties together. Since then Arno assists Boris especially concerning sponsoring and business-development.

Thomas is a mountain guide and holds a degree in psychology. He is also a coach and the focus of his company, OneDay is on the specific strengths of people in challenging situations. Thomas is coaching Boris and helping him prepare for the mental and physical challenge that is the Vendée Globe.

Sara is a professional sailor with a strong match racing background and a current focus of shorthanded offshore racing. She has significant training in emergency medical care and holds a Master of Science degree in the Control of Infectious Diseases, with a focus on the human health impacts of environmental change.

Peter is a leading scientist in climate change at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and works closely on the data Malizia produces to effectively read, present and submit the information

Daniel is the Team Malizia chef, cooking up amazing meals and making sure that everyone is well fed in the run up to the big races!

Toste is a Geomar ocean scientist and plays a key role in advising on ocean impacts of climate change and analysing the data that Malizia produces.

As Team Assistant, Lissa primarily works on online presence and press. She is in charge of the monthly newsletter and coordinates news updates on the website.

Isabel is an aspiring scientist who will begin her studies in geophysics and oceanography this fall. She is currently interning at Team Malizia and assisting the Team to reach its mission.