Forum Welcomes WRC Stakeholders



The major stakeholders from the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) will participate in a special session at the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco on 9-10 December 2009.

Neil Duncanson, Chairman of International Sportsworld Communicators Limited (ISC), which recently signed a 11-year agreement with the FIA to be the global promoter of WRC, will talk about his plans for a new era in the sport.

This will be followed by a presentation from Paul Hembery, Motorsport Director and CEO, Pirelli East Asia and Pacific who will be discussing how Pirelli derive value from their unique relationship with WRC.

Also speaking will be John Nolan, Head of Digital at ISC's parent company North One Television, Jarmo Mahonen, organiser and promoter of the successful Neste Rally Finland event, and Gerard Quinn, motor sport director for Ford of Europe.

Neil Duncanson said: "'The Forum is the perfect place to showcase the new era of the WRC - a genuine opportunity for everyone involved in the World Rally Championship to work together to build something special for the future"

Click here to view the latest conference programme for the event.

Virgin Joins Investment Panel

Alex Tai, Director of Special Projects for Virgin Group, will be participating in the Forum on the morning of the first day of the event. Tai, who is responsible for Virgin's F1 involvement, will take part in a high-level panel to discuss the finances of motor sport investment.

He will be joined in the panel discussion by Cosworth's General Manager Mark Gallagher and Talal Al Zain, CEO of Mumtalakat Holdings, the investment arm of the Kingdom of Bahrain and a 30 per cent stakeholder in the McLaren Formula One team.

Exhibitors Make it Five-in-a-Row

The Motor Sport Business Forum is proud to announce that a number of companies have reached the achievement of exhibiting at every Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco since the event began. Prestige car company Top Marques, finance group Moore Stephens, publisher Haymarket, the Bahrain International Circuit, business print company Print Run and Oxford Brookes University will make this year their fifth exhibition in a row. Why do they come back year after year?

Peter Brigham, Director at Moore Stephens, explains: "The Motor Sport Business Forum is an ideal event as it is perfectly located in the heart of Monaco and always attracts the elite of the motor sport industry. It is a great place for us to both network and conduct business and this is why we keep coming back."