FAI Head Office

The FAI Head Office is responsible for the day to day operations of FAI. The administrative staff is headed by the Secretary General, and the Head Office is located in Lausanne, Switzerland, at the following address :

Maison du Sport International
Av. de Rhodanie 54
CH-1007 - Lausanne
Switzerland

Telephone : +41 21 345 1070
Fax : +41 21 345 1077

Those of you who wish to communicate with the FAI Head Office via e-mail are invited to use our contact form.

FAI Head Office Staffing

• Organisation Chart

Jean-Marc BADAN - Secretary General

• General Management of the FAI
• Assistance to the Executive Board
• Operation of FAI Head Office
• Contractual agreements and legal coordination
• Contacts with external associations and authorities
• Human Resources
• FAI Business Plan
• Partnership and Sponsorship

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Finance and Legal / Office Management

Cosette Mast - Office and Accounting Manager

• Accounting
• Financial Records
• Point of contact for suppliers
• Human Resources

Sports

Rob Hughes - Senior Sports Manager

• Coordination of the Sports Department
• Sports strategy and development
• Advice to FAI Air Sport Commissions
• Event planning organisation and management
• Assistance to Secretary General
• Multi-Sports Events, including FAI World Air Games, World Games, Asian Games

Christine Rousson - Competitions Manager, Record Officer

• Support to Event Organisers (Organiser Agreements, documents, medals, diploma)
• FAI Sporting Calendar
• Competition Results
• World Records

Annick HAUSER - Assistant Sports Manager

• Assistance to Senior Sports Manager
• First point of contact for all Sports matters
• Support and advice to FAI Air Sport Commissions (ASCs)
• Coordination with Event Organisers
• Coordination of Commission meetings and documents
• Assistance to Secretary General
• Support for Multi-sports Events

Members and Services

Ségolène Rouillon - Members and Services Manager, Anti-Doping Manager

• Management of FAI Membership
• General Conference: logistics and minutes
• Awards
• Management of the FAI Members database
• Coordination of Experts Groups
• Assistance to Technical Commissions
• Anti-doping Management
• Prince Alvaro de Orleans Borbon Grant

Communication

Faustine CARRERA - Communication Manager

• Communications Strategy
• E-shop
• FAI Branding / Logos
• Media and Public Relations (press releases, social networks, publications, media, etc)
• TV Production and Distribution
• Website

 IT

Visa-Matti Leinikki - IT Manager

• Management of IT infrastructure / software
• IT Development and maintenance
• Assistance to the FAI Sports Manager
• World Records

FAI Executive Board

The Executive Board is the executive body of the FAI, implementing the policies and decisions of the General Conference and exercising those powers of the General Conference that are delegated to it by that body.

The Executive Board, chaired by the FAI President, is jointly responsible to the General Conference for all decisions made and actions taken between General Conferences.

President

Dr. John GRUBBSTRÖM

Executive Directors

Mr. Alvaro de ORLEANS BORBÓN (Deputy to President)
Mr. Robert CLIPSHAM (Finance)
Mr. Frederik BRINK
Mr. Robert HENDERSON
Mr. Otto LAGARHUS
Mr. Beat NEUENSCHWANDER

Secretary General

Mr. Jean-Marc BADAN (non voting member)

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FAI Commissions

FAI Air Sports Commissions

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FAI General Conference

Records

News of Records

How to set a Record

• World Distance Calculator

Aeromodelling and Spacemodelling

Ballooning

Experimental / New Technologies

Gliding

Hang Gliding and Paragliding

Microlights and Paramotors

Parachuting

Powered Aeroplanes

Rotorcraft

Space records