INEOS has announced that Jean Claude Blanc will join the INEOS executive team as Chief Executive Officer of INEOS Sport, beginning in February 2023.

In his role, Jean Claude will oversee all of the INEOS sports portfolio covering Football, Formula 1, Sailing, Cycling, Rugby and Running.   In this he will work closely with Dave Brailsford who will focus on world class performance management.   The responsibility for execution and delivery in sports remains with each sports team CEO.

Jean Claude’s extensive international experience in sports will help INEOS to develop their investments in the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, OGC Nice, FC Lausanne Sport, Racing Club Abidjan and the INEOS Grenadiers cycling team, and INEOS’s sponsorship of the British Challenge for the 37th America’s Cup, the All Blacks rugby teams and the Eliud Kipchoge running team.

Jean Claude will be responsible for the development of state-of-the-art dedicated facilities for each of  the teams that INEOS owns, developing their business plans and growing their global brands, as well as developing them into a global integrated Sports Group.

Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chairman of INEOS said, “I am delighted to welcome Jean Claude as CEO of INEOS Sport with his many years of experience across different sports. We have high ambitions for all our sports teams with a particular ambition to raise our standards in football and Jean Claude will bring an entrepreneurial and innovative flair to all our teams.”

Jean Claude declared, “I am very honoured and proud to join Jim Ratcliffe and his impressive INEOS executive team.  I am looking forward to helping to build and further develop all existing INEOS sports assets and to guide, along with the INEOS Sport Board, each of the existing sport executive teams to even greater success.”