Catherine is a former intellectual property solicitor who specialised sports law. In 2000, she moved into corporate finance and spent over a decade working on sports and gaming M&A deals and IPOs. These included the sale of Chelsea Football Club to Roman Abramovich and the acquisition of Aston Villa by Randy Lerner. Catherine has spent 3 years developing the idea of W Series and putting a management team in place. Whilst having no historic professional experience in motor racing, she continues to learn about the sport. Three years on, she is surrounded by a highly talented and experienced team making this vision happen.
2019 Speakers
Catherine Bond Muir
Chief Executive
Ian Fitzpatrick
Head of Global Digital & Content
| Ian Fitzpatrick is the Head of Global Digital and Content at New Balance — a role he has held since 2018, leading content production and global media for the footwear and apparel brand. Previously, he was founding partner and Chief Strategy Officer at the Boston-based firm Almighty, where he led initiatives for L.L.Bean, PUMA, the US Marine Corps, Disney, and Al Gore’s Climate Project, among others. Other credits include work supporting IKEA, Peugeot, Verizon, the North American launch of MINI and the launch of the truth anti-tobacco campaign. He is an advisor at TechStars and the Harvard Innovation Lab — where he has helped shepherd brand like Pillpack — and a trustee with the Boston chapter of the Awesome Foundation. Ian lives with his wife and three children near Boston. |
Jennie Gow
Broadcaster
Jennie Gow is a journalist, broadcaster and event host who broke into the world of Formula One motor racing in 2010 and has since become renowned as one of the sport’s foremost media professionals.
One of the few women to work in this demanding arena, Jennie is currently to be found presenting and reporting on Formula One for both the BBC and ESPN.
Jennie was at the forefront of the ground-breaking Formula E Championship since its inception in 2014 as the lead host and presenter for ITV.
Alongside her commitments for the BBC and ITV, Jennie also hosts annual live events days such as Goodwood Festival of Speed and award ceremonies like The Motorsport Hall of Fame.
Most recently Jennie has presented and produced the BBC’s Human Endeavour Show bringing Alex Zanardi and Billy Monger together for a special programme for the channel.
Jill Gregory
Chief Marketing Officer
Jill Gregory, NASCAR Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, is an accomplished industry veteran with a wealth of knowledge and world-class sports marketing experience from the client, agency and sports property perspective.
In her role, Gregory oversees the marketing department at NASCAR, to include brand marketing, social media and insights and analytics, among other functions.
In 2016, Gregory revised NASCAR’s marketing strategy so the organization now leads with fan engagement and digital and social media first, which has been reflected in the popular “Ready. Set. Race” marketing campaign. The #Hashtag500 social media program that Gregory spearheaded saw the highest volume of NASCAR-related conversation ever measured on record, and was recognized at both the 2016 Cannes Lions and CLIO Sports awards. In April 2017, NASCAR was honored with the Cynopsis Sports Media Award for Overall Social Media Excellence.
Gregory has led NASCAR’s Industry Services department since joining the sanctioning body in July 2007. In 2015, she also assumed leadership of NASCAR Marketing and is responsible for initiatives designed to reach and engage avid fans, as well as cultivate new fans among millennial, youth and Hispanic audiences.
In August 2016, Gregory was named Chief Marketing Officer.
Prior to joining NASCAR, Gregory was Senior Vice President of Motorsports Marketing for Bank of America, where she negotiated the bank’s entry into NASCAR and established sponsorship relationships with NASCAR, teams and tracks in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Scott Young
Head of F1
Bio coming soon…
Sebastian Tiffert
Director, Global Motorsport Production
| Creative Media and Content professional. Almost 20 years’ experience in digital and broadcast journalism and the coverage of world class sport events. A passionate storyteller in German, English and French. Intercultural leader and team player. Communicator, eager to develop further and to explore and create new ideas and formats. |
Kimberly Cook
Chief Revenue Officer
Kimberly Cook, CRO of Hookit.com, has lead teams resulting in two successful start up exits and left an executive post at Google to join Hookit.com due to the revolutionary technology and deep learning algorithms that blend her two passions, technology and sports.
Carlos Ezpeleta Gonzalez
MotoGP – Sporting Director
Born in Barcelona, 1991. Studied the International Baccalaureate at the International College of Spain and then majored in Mechanical Engineering at the European University, all in Madrid. Raced cars, taking a Spanish National Endurance Championship in 2012, and also did ice-races in Andorra winning two championships in 2016 and 2017. Started working in MotoGP as an intern at the age of 16 in 2007 helping in Race Direction, then switched to the Technical Department and Scrutineering at in 2010. Started working full-time in 2014, driving the Safety Car as well as coordinating all safety and medical Services Sporting Director for Dorna since 2017, taking care of all MotoGP regulations, calendar, sporting and safety matters, relationship with teams and riders, as well as new Promoters.