The others are Anna Nordkvist (Sweden), Spain’s Manuel Avino from Spain, former CIK karting boss Abdulla Al Khalifa (Bahrain), Rodrigo Ferreira Rocha from Mozambique, Daniel Coen (Costa Rica) and Singaporean Lung-Nien Lee.Īdvert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-freeįIA statutes provide for 14 members to be elected to the World Motorsport Council. For starters, the 60-year-old, whose motorsport background lies in Middle East and WRC rallying followed by regional club administration, pledged to appoint a CEO “to provide an integrated and aligned approach”.īen Sulayem lapped the Middle East’s first F1 track in 2004Thus, various day-to-day activities and decisions will no longer burden the president, freeing him to concentrate on his two primary roles: presiding over 200-odd clubs in 140 countries while raising the FIA’s international sporting, mobility and road safety profiles in the face of enormous societal challenges towards road usage and sustainability.Īs the first elected non-European president of the FIA in its 117-year history the Emirati is obviously strong on cultural change, and in addition to the CEO role he intends appointing an Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Officer to ensure that all demographic groups are properly represented and that equal opportunities are provided for all, be they in sporting and/or mobility disciplines, be they in competition or other roles.Įx-F1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone is a supporter and his wife Fabiana is one of seven nominated sport vice-presidents as delegate for South America. Still, there is room for improvement, and Ben Sulayem believes that total change will provide the optimum route for the progress and development of motorsport. Todt leaves some massive shoes to fill, having totally restructured the body along business lines as outlined here. Having won the vote by 62% to the 36% of Graham Stoker (2% abstained) they take over from Jean Todt and his team, the Frenchman having led the FIA since 2009, when he replaced Max Mosley amid the global economic crisis.
The Emirati’s nominated ‘slate’ – as required by FIA statutes – consisted of Carmelo Sanz de Barros as president of the FIA Senate, Robert Reid as deputy president (sport) and Tim Shearman as the equivalent for mobility.
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