Sailing

Holly is based in Hamburg and has been managing Team Malizia since 2018. She is responsible for overseeing all areas of management, sponsorship, PR/media and logistics. Holly was previously a lawyer and is also a keen ocean sailor and lived on a boat sailing the South Pacific for all of 2016.

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.

Louis joined the team in July 2021 as our French Team Manager after having worked for 10 years alongside Franck Cammas-Groupama sailing campaigns and more recently with the IMOCA Class

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.

Kerstin's great passions are offshore sailing, the ocean - and numbers. She joins the team on the financial side and projects.

Communication is Nikolaus’ passion: He has been the editor-in-chief of magazines like German Glamour and Vanity Fair and is the founder of an agency for brand communication. In his free time he loves to travel and meet people all over the world.

Helene has a background in marine geosciences and science communication and previously worked for the University of Bordeaux. She loves to learn and educate about ocean and climate sciences, with a focus on digital communication. Helene is a passionate scuba diver and explores the ocean whenever she can!

Cornelius manages the commercial activities of Team Malizia after having worked for seven years in European Affairs in EU Brussels. He loves politics, sailing and philosophical discussions. Besides work and hobbies, Cornelius is member of the German armed forces

Hugo is from Brittany, France. He has been fond of sailing since a young age, he started his career working for the Extreme Sailing Series as part of the event team. After 4 years and more than 30 international events under his belt, he worked for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation where he learned about circular economy.
In 2020, he headed back to France and started studying to become a mental coach. 
In November 2021, he joined the team with a double hat, as events manager and supporting the team as a performance coach.

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.

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.

Lydia spent three years, 30.000 nautical miles sailing offshore. In her former life she was a TV journalist, professor and film producer. She loves nature and outdoor activities - skiing, hiking, diving….

Ricardo quit his job as an engineer 10 years ago to do what he really loves: take action shoots of all kind of water sports!

After completing her Yacht Design studies in Southampton, Rebecca pursued her childhood passion for sailing in Brittany. Starting her career as a boatbuilder for Multiplast during the construction of Gitana 17, she was then in charge of the design office for a local shipyard. Rebecca is now part of the design team for the building of the new boat. She is also passionate about her horses and loves surfing !

Chris is a German boatbuilder and yacht designer based in the UK. He has joined team Malizia as part of the new build design team. Having worked on IMOCA projects for the last few years he will be primarily in charge of the deck layout, weight estimate and stability calculations.

Based on training in naval architecture, I have spent the last fex years in charge of composites building process. My work will be to follow the new Malizia 3 building process to bring at the sailing team the fastest and most reliable racing boat using all the technologies at the top of the art inside the Multiplast Shipyard

With a background training in naval architecture Marine as been working for nearly 20 years among racing teams alongside skippers as Franck Cammas, Michel Desjoyeaux, Francois Gabart, Jean le Cam…Thus, she had the opportunity to work on variety of projects such as Volvo Ocean Race boats, Utilm trimarans, Vendee Globe’s IMOCA monohulls and more. Today she has joined the team as technical coordinator on Malizia 3 project.

From the Basque Country, north of Spain and he used to work at Persico Marine and was part of the 2 Vestas boat repairs in the last 2 Volvo Ocean races. He was also part of the Linkedout IMOCA build project! He loves surfing and producing his own longboards in his spare time.

With over 15 years experience in the composite industry brings a variety of skills to the team. Previously working on Volvo Ocean races, Americas Cup and Imoca builds. He is very confident in our project and the tasks ahead.

In charge of mast and all spars maintenance and tuning, and in charge of everything related to ropes: rope systems design, production, tuning and maintenance.

He is in charge of the design of the electronics and energy architecture of the boat.

He is in charge of the research and design group of the boat

Axelle is from France, studied electrical engineering and whenever she is not working she is usually sailing on 470. Axelle is in charge of the electronics equipments on the boat, from communication and navigation tools to fibre optics. Carrying out data analysis for better performance.

Born and raised in New Zealand with a sailing background in racing and cruising, competing nationally and internationally in match racing as a skipper, with a current world ranking of 103. I love being around or in the water in any shape or form, from sailing to surfing or hanging out at the beach. I am working within the rigging department as well the team sailmaker

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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!

Jens has joined the team in 2019 on the management side and gives support in sponsorship and legal matters. While he runs his own law firm specialized in IP and contract law Jens is also legal counsel for Europeans biggest climate week and a dedicated sailor since his youth.

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.