Mickael Leroy
Belgian by birth, Mickael Leroy has lived in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy, the UK and currently lives in the United States. He holds a degree in Political Sciences and a post-graduate diploma in International Business Management. Having held senior positions at Coca-Cola, Accenture and Valeo, Mickael joined Richemont in 2012 and moved to New York in 2015. He is currently Vice President of Richemont North America and since the departure of the former CEO he also acts as the Deputy CEO of Richemont North America
Rebecca Chatman
Director
Rebecca Chatman is Vice President and Coordinating Producer of Olympic Production at NBC Sports and has worked on 11 Olympic shows over the course of her career, including serving as producer on the primetime show on NBC, working with host Mike Tirico. Chatman has worked on a myriad of NBC Sports Group’s properties and events, including Sunday Night Football, the U.S. Open Championship, the Ryder Cup, Notre Dame Football, the World Swimming Championships, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Wimbledon (producing the late night show) and the French Open. A graduate of Princeton University, Chatman came to NBC Olympics in 1998 after working at WRC-TV, NBC’s owned-and-operated station in Washington, D.C. Chatman was named one of SportsBusiness Journal’s Game Changers in 2015 and Broadcasting and Cable/Mutichannel’s 2013 Women to Watch.
Edwin Moses
Director, Chairman And Laureus Academy Member
Edwin Moses won Olympic gold medals in 1976 and 1984, three World Cup titles, two World Championships and broke the World Record four times as a 400-meter hurdler. A noted humanitarian, he pioneered policies while Chairman of the United States Olympic Committee’s substance abuse, research, and education committee (CSARE) and is currently Chairman of the United States Anti-doping Agency (USADA). He attended Morehouse College, Bachelor of Science in physics; Pepperdine University, MBA; and received his Doctor of Science, honoris causa, from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Edwin makes his home in Atlanta when not traveling as a key member of Laureus’s global leadership team.
Daniel Mawicke
Director, Founding Member and Treasurer
Daniel Mawicke served as President and CEO of Richemont North America, the leading international luxury group for fine watches, jewelry, writing instruments, and fashion; affiliate brands include Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chloé, Dunhill, Montblanc, Baume & Mercier, and Officine Panerai, where he has worked for over 20 years. Launching his career with Coopers and Lybrand in the USA and Switzerland, Dan was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Richemont North America in 1999 prior to becoming President and CEO in 2006. As CEO of Richemont North America, he serves as a founding member of Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA.
Marcus Allen
Director and Laureus Academy Member
Marcus Allen is an American football legend and is the only player in the history of football to have won a Heisman Trophy, an NCAA National Championship, a Super Bowl, and be named National Football League (NFL) MVP. He has been inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Drafted in the tenth round to the Los Angeles Raiders following his stellar career at USC, Marcus is considered one of the greatest goal line and short-yard runners in NFL history. He now serves as a football analyst for CBS Sports.
Nadia Comaneci
Director and Laureus Academy Member
Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian gymnast who won three gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and was the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastics event. She also won two gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. One of the best-known gymnasts in the world, she was named as one of the Athletes of the Century in 2000 by the Laureus World Sports Academy. Nadia and her husband Bart Conner, two-time Gold medalist in LA 1984 gymnastics, own and manage the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, the Perfect 10 Production Company, and several sports equipment shops. They live in Norman, Oklahoma with their son, Dylan.
Joseph Agresta
Director
Joseph Agresta is the President of Benzel-Busch Motor Car Corp in Englewood, New Jersey, where he has been employed since 1988. He served as Chairman of the Mercedes-Benz Dealer Board and is currently the Treasurer of the Audi Regional Advertising Board, Vice Chairman of the Englewood Economic Development Corp and Board Member to the Elisabeth Morrow School. Joseph has also previously served on the Essex Regional Board of Team Capital Bank, the Marketing and Digital Marketing Boards of Mercedes-Benz; served as the President of the Mercedes-Benz Tri-State Dealers, the John Harms Theater, the Bergen Performing Arts Center, the Englewood Chamber of Commerce and the Archdiocese of Newark CYO. Joseph earned his MBA at Columbia University and has an undergraduate degree from Boston College. Joseph is a volunteer firefighter in the town of Rockleigh, New Jersey, where he resides with his son and daughter. He is also an avid skier, hockey player, runner, and two-time marathoner: Boston, 1988 and New York, 2008.
Mark Ratcliffe
Director
Mark Ratcliffe serves as Managing Director at UBS within the Investment Banking division. Currently Head of Global Client Strategy for the Fixed Income business, his 16-year tenure with UBS has spanned Equities, Foreign Exchange, and Fixed Income. During this time, he has lived in London, Zurich is has been based in New York for the last seven years. His career in finance started in South Africa after completing a Bachelor of Business Science from the University of Cape Town majoring in finance and economics. Mark lives in Westport, Connecticut, with his wife Deborah and their two daughters and is an avid sports fan. Having been born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa, he grew up in a culture where free time was spent with a tennis racket, cricket bat, hockey stick, rugby, or soccer ball never far from reach, but his real passion is golf, which he has been fortunate to play at a competitive level.
Jim Ross
Jim Ross is the VP of Sales and Partnerships – Sports, Media and Entertainment for First Data. A majority of Jim’s career has been spent in senior level executive positions with major league sports franchises. He has the unique distinction of having held Vice President positions with both of New York’s Major League Baseball teams (Mets and Yankees) as well as two of South Florida’s professional sports franchises (Marlins and Dolphins), and has taken part in two World Series (1997 with the Marlins and 2009 with the Yankees), an All-Star Game (2008 with the Yankees), and a Super Bowl (2007 with Dolphin Stadium). Previously, Jim has also served as Executive Vice President, Business Operations and Strategy for Palace Sports and Entertainment and Senior Vice President, Business Development for the Cleveland Browns. He and his wife, Elisa, have two children and reside in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Guy Sanan
Director
Guy Sanan has worked for The Richemont Group since 1998 and has reported to The Executive Chairman, Johann Rupert, since 2004. Within The Chairman’s Office, his responsibilities include overseeing various Group sponsorships, events, and CSR/Foundation platforms. For the last 15 years, he has served as a Director of the Joint Venture Board of Laureus World Sports Awards and has been a Trustee of The Laureus Sport for Good Foundation (Global) since 2005. He was seconded as CEO of Laureus World Sports Awards from 2004 to 2017. In 1998 he joined the initial team, which wrote the original business plan for Laureus, negotiated the Joint Venture with Daimler, organized the inaugural Laureus Awards, and established the current Global/National Foundation Structure. Prior to this he wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of St Andrews in the Department of International Relations (on Counter Terrorism), and he subsequently worked for the Organizing Committee for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. He has also advised a number of organizing and bid committees for the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup and earned his MA in business management with international relations at the University of St Andrews in 1991.
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