Andrew Craig – EVP & Member Board of Advisors

Andres Craig was the founder of The Craig Company LLC, a U.S. based international sports marketing and consulting business.  Since its formation, the company has worked for Bentley on its Le Mans program; Eurosport, the pan European sports TV channel; the Federation Internationale de Bobsleigh et Tobogganing, the world governing body for bobsleigh and skeleton racing;  Infront, the Swiss based international sports marketing company for its Toyota Formula One Program; Sauber, the Swiss based Formula One team; SymahVision, the French developer of virtual advertising solutions for TV; Telus, the Canadian telecom company; Vancouver 2010, the winning candidate for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games and London 2012, the winning city for the 2012 Olympic Games.   The Company also provides confidential consulting services on sports rights acquisition strategies for sports marketing companies and corporate clients.

Craig was Chairman and CEO of Championship Auto Racing Teams, Inc. from 1994 to 2000.  During his tenure, the U.S. open wheel sanctioning body enjoyed substantial growth, both in the USA and internationally, including quadrupling the company’s revenues and superior profitability.  In 1998 Craig lead the successful IPO for the company on the New York Stock Exchange.

From 1983 to 1994 Craig was a member of the original management team at Swiss based ISL Marketing A.G.  He held a number of senior management positions at the company and was appointed its Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 1991.  Among his responsibilities at ISL was the management of the International Olympic Committee’s TOP Program that grew to become the world’s largest international sports sponsorship property under his watch.

Andrew Craig is a British citizen.  He lives near Detroit with his wife and three children.rig. Gen. Harvey W. Schiller, Ph.D. –Member B

Howard Stupp – Member Board of Advisors

Howard Stupp - Director of Legal Affairs, International Olympic Committee
Howard Stupp joined the International Olympic Committee (IOC), based in Switzerland In December 1984 and, since June 1985, has headed the IOC Department of Legal Affairs. His responsibilities as Director of such department include drafting television agreements and the Host City Contract for the Olympic Games, protecting the intellectual property of the IOC, dealing with doping-related matters as well as addressing a large number of other legal issues related to the IOC and the Olympic Movement.

Stupp is a past Olympian, having competed for Canada in the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games in the sport of wrestling.

Stupp is a citizen of Canada and (recently) Switzerland. He graduated from McGill University, in Montreal, with three degrees. His first, in 1978, was a Bachelor of Engineering. Subsequent to this, Howard obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law in 1982 and a Bachelor of Laws in 1983.