Andrew Thompson is a key business leader behind the global championship SailGP, the world’s most exciting racing on water. Thompson oversees the overall commercial, events and marketing strategy as well as the business operations and the league’s twelve international teams. He has been instrumental in building one of the world’s fastest growing sport and entertainment properties with technology and sustainability at its core.
He joined SailGP at its inception in 2018 as Chief Financial Officer, working for five-time America’s Cup winner Sir Russell Coutts and owner Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle. Over the last five years, Thompson has led the business planning and the running of the day-to-day operations of SailGP. He was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer in 2019 and in 2023, he was named SailGP’s first Managing Director.
Prior to SailGP, in early 2016 Andrew took on the position of Chief Financial Officer of the America’s Cup Event Authority, where he played an integral part of the management team to deliver within budget a successful 35th America’s Cup in a commercially sustainable way.
Thompson also held the title of Finance Director for the Perform Group (now known as DAZN), where he helped establish the business in North America for just under three years and in 2012, he was a senior member of the finance team that planned and delivered the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games within budget.