Hugh Chambers

In November 2018, Hugh Chambers took over as Chief Executive Officer of Motorsport UK.

Previously, Hugh was Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of World Sailing (IF), with responsibility for all aspects of commercial activities, as well as marketing, communications and IT. Prior to this he was the CCO of Team Sky, and from 2008 to 2013 Hugh was CCO of the British Olympic Association; establishing Team GB as the greatest sports brand of the nation – creating the rallying cry of “Our Greatest Team: 600 athletes – 60 million strong”.

From 2001 Hugh was Commercial Director of the BAR Honda F1 team, until the sale of the team to Honda in 2005. For ten years Hugh was a partner in Prodrive, the largest independent global motorsport organisation – a £125m turnover business with 1200 staff worldwide (Subaru WRC, Aston Martin Racing, Ferrari GTS Le Mans, BTCC Honda/Ford/Alfa).

Previously, Hugh worked for global advertising agencies such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Y&R and Hill & Knowlton. During this period he lived in London, Paris and New York working on major global clients.