WOMEN & MOTOR SPORT COMMISSION 2010 COMMISSION MEMBERS

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1 FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE L'AUTOMOBILE WOMEN & MOTOR SPORT COMMISSION 2010 COMMISSION MEMBERS President Michèle Mouton, France - Michèle s rallying career began in Between 1974 and 1978 she won a number of French and European Ladies titles Fiat France official driver Audi official driver won Rallye Sanremo and became the first woman to win a round of the FIA World Rally victories in Portugal, Greece and Brazil - Vice champion in the 1982 FIA World Rally first overall and record breaker at Pike s Peak winner of the German Rally (official Peugeot driver) rally raid events with Peugeot, including Pharaohs, Tunisia and the Spanish Baja - Founder and co-organiser of The Race of Champions FIA Commission Manager Frédérique Trouve, France - Frédérique has a Masters degree in sports law and economics - Since 2000 she has been the manager of the FIA GT, Touring Car and Truck Racing Commissions - For the last three years, she has been mandated by the Commission Presidents to manage the Sporting Regulations Working Groups and is also in charge of the GT and Touring Car Committees administration - Since 2007 Frédérique has been involved in a women and sport network based in Lausanne, in which a number of international federations and the IOC are involved. This inspired her to create the Women & Motor Sport Commission

2 Ina Fabry Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB) Germany - Ina has a Masters degree in sports science, majoring in sport management - Karting and Formula 3 driver - Internships with Porsche Motorsports and the DMSB - Involved in the organisation of DTM races, the Porsche Sports Cup Series and the ADAC Masters Weekend Hockenheim Grand Prix of Weingarten - She is now working with the Vitaphone Racing Team in the FIA GT1 World Banu Baseran Turkish Automobile Sports Federation (TOSFED) - Banu is the General Co-ordinator at TOSFED, involved in government projects, daily and seasonal campaigns for different branches of the Federation - She is involved in the Federations annual objectives and responsible for promotion and advertising campaigns - She has an active role in the training of marshals, as well as the training of youngsters in karting - Banu is involved in a number of race and rally events, largely as Deputy Clerk of the Course Kady Angelbert Federation Ivoirienne de Sports Automobile et de Motorcyclisme (FISAM) Côte d Ivoire rally driver and co-driver President of the Fédération Ivoirienne de Sports Automobile, member of the World Motor Sport Council - From 2000, Kady has been the President of the Federation Ivoirienne de Sports Automobile et de Motorcyclisme Henny Hemmes KNAC Nationale Autosport Federatie (KNAF), Netherlands - Henny boasts more than 30 years experience as a driver, race instructor and anti-skid instructor - She was the first female driver to win a Dutch FIA - Appointed by KNAF as confidante for women drivers and coordinator of issues relating to women and motor sport - Test driver and automotive journalist for Dutch, European and American publications - Member of the Women s World Car of the Year and a German Concours d Elégance panel - President of the Automotive Press Club since 2005

3 Fabrizia Pons ACI-CSAI, Italy - Between 1971 and 1975 Fabrizia participated in motocross in the Cadet 50cc, 125cc, 250cc and Junior 250cc categories rally driver and then a professional co-driver, contesting a total of 227 rallies, 89 of them in the FIA World Rally - From 2001 she was an instructor for the Federation Rally School in Rome fulfilling the role of drivers representative in the Italian Federation of Motor Sports, and athletes representative in the Italian National Olympic Committee - In 2006 assistant to the New Zealand National Olympic Committee in Turin for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games - In 2008 Fabrizia helped organize Euritmica (European of Rhythmical Gymnastic) and the Trofeo della Mole, a tennis competition for wheel-chair athletes - Currently she is the director of the Fabrizia Pons Rally Academy, a rally school for co-drivers Sarka Regnerova Autoclub of the Czech Republic (ACCR) - Sarka is a member of the Board of the Czech ASN with responsibility for women in automobile sport - Working with the Automobile Sport Zlín on the education of new talent in rallying - Head of marketing and promotion of the Barum Czech Rally Zlín Randa Nabulsi Representative of the Middle East, Jordan - Randa s involvement in the sport began at the end of the 1970s when she participated in speed tests at the Royal Automobile Club in Jordan - Volunteer marshal and then competed in rallies as a co-driver and driver - the first Jordanian female to compete as a driver - Deputy Clerk of the Course for the Middle East Rally, and Clerk of the Course on national events - Deputy Clerk of the Course for the 2008 Jordan Rally WRC and Clerk of the Course for the Jordan Rally MERC event the first time a female had taken such a position in the Arab world - She is a member of the Board of Directors at the Royal Automobile Club of Jordan - Board member of the AUB Alumni Club in Jordan and a Council member in the worldwide Alumni association of the American University in Beirut (AUB)

4 Sue Sanders Motor Sports Association (MSA), United Kingdom - Sue began marshalling in 1977 and has been involved in Rally GB since She has undertaken most roles on the event from Stage Commander of spectator stages through to working as a Regional Organiser - During 2002 she became a consultant to the event with specific responsibility for spectator safety. This role now includes overall event safety co-ordination, marshals training and staffing - Deputy Clerk of the Course of Rally GB since Sue also works on other major events providing safety and training support to the Rally of Scotland, Jordan Rally and Rally Indonesia. She also works as the Safety Manager on the Race of Champions - From 2004 to 2008 she worked as a consultant for the MSA and the government on a successful volunteer officials project for recruitment and retention of marshals across all aspect of motor sport Mar de Villa Real Federacion Espanola de Automovilismo (RFEA) Spain - Mar is a Court Attorney based in Madrid - She is a member of the RFEA Board of Directors - Member of the Association of Women Entrepreneurs of Madrid (ASEME) Brigitte Zufferey Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Switzerland - Brigitte is a member of the FIM Executive Secretariat Management - In charge of Human Resources, Affiliations and CONUs - Became the co-ordinator of the CFM when it was created in Co-founder of the Lausanne Network for Women and Sport whose aim is to help promote the development of the presence of women in the world of sport through education (e.g. AISTS Management Seminar for Women in Sport) and through lobbying various institutions such as the IOC, City of Lausanne/Switzerland, other international and national sport federations

5 Mr Jaime Puig Director SEAT Sport, Spain - Since 1996, as Director of SEAT Sport, Jaime has led and coordinated sports projects including five years in the World Rally. After launching the Supercopa SEAT León in 2002, he took charge of SEAT s involvement in the European and World Rally s and the World Touring Car - During 2000 to 2004 he led the Research & Development of Performance Cars and launched the production line of prestigious cars for SEAT Trial national s and Trial World s Camel Trophy in Madagascar, as part of the Spanish team. Winners of the Camel Trophy Spirit Award Dakar Rally and Rally of the Pharaohs, Paris-Beijing, Morocco, Tunisia. Spanish Champion on the Raids in 1992 and World Champion T1 in Jaime was speaker for the Board of Directors of a number of Spanish and Catalan car and bike federations, was Vice President of the Independent Association of Young Businessmen and is a representative of the manufacturers on the World Touring Car Commission Cathy Muller Team Manager, France - Cathy has 36 years of experience in motorsport and between 1975 and 1980 her karting achievements include French Junior Champion, French Women s Champion, European Champion (Seniors) and World Champion - She has raced in F3, F3000, the World Sportscar, Indy Lights in the USA and competed in the Le Mans 24 Hours - She has been a driver for 23 years, spent 15 years managing brother Yvan Muller, and is currently Team Manager of a French team working towards competing in the WTCC

6 Monisha Kaltenborn Sauber Group, Austria - After completing her studies at internationally renowned universities, Indian-born Monisha went on to work for the United Nations and law firms in Germany and Austria - She was Head of the legal department at the Sauber Group, negotiating contracts with drivers, sponsors and suppliers - Monisha joined the Board of Management at Hinwil in 2001, which she now heads after her appointment as Managing Director in January The task facing her now is how as the first female Managing Director in Formula One to manage her new role Katherine Legge DTM driver, United Kingdom - Katherine began her career in karting at the age of nine and she won numerous races and championships during the 1990s. - She has raced Formula Ford, Formula Renault and Formula 3, competed in the Toyota Atlantic s, A1 GP, Champ Car, Grand Am and DTM series - In 2005 Katherine tested the Minardi Formula 1 car She was the first female to compete full time in the Champ Car World Series and the first female to lead a race. She was also the first woman to win a major single seater race in 2005 Natacha Gachnang GT1 driver, Switzerland - Natacha s first race was in karting in Since then, she has raced in a number of different formulas, including F2, and is currently contesting the FIA GT1 World

7 Hayley Gallagher FIA WRC Media Delegate, United Kingdom - Hayley started her career in PR in the retail industry - After joining an independent PR agency, she worked in a number of different motor sport disciplines, including Formula One, British Touring Cars, Camel Trophy, world rallying and off-shore powerboat racing - She worked for Prodrive as the PR Manager for the 555 Subaru World Rally Team for two years - Since working as a consultant, she has undertaken the personal PR for former World Rally Champion Colin McRae, been a media advisor to rallies worldwide, in addition to the Toyota and Mitsubishi World Rally Teams - Hayley was the Press Officer for the East African Safari Rally and the International Press Officer for Corona Rally Mexico for five years - She has been the FIA World Rally Media Delegate since 2006