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Association Crans-Montana 2027

The mission of the Organising Committee is to design, plan and implement the World Championships and the World Cup races 2025 and 2026. It is made up of a strategic body (Steering Committee), which brings together the main stakeholders in the project, and an operational body (Management).

Organisational chart Crans-Montana 2026

Operational management

Didier Défago

CEO

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Daniel Bollinger

COO / Deputy CEO

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Laurine Deprez

Executive Assistant

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Sport management

Angelo Maina

Head of Sport management

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Sophie Genoud

Race office & rescue coordinator

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Infrastructures

Yves Mittaz

Head of Infrastructures

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Gisèle Rossi

Infrastructures coordinator

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Samuel Mittaz

Infrastructures coordinator

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Pascal Schmalen

Infrastructures coordinator

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Guest management

Magalie Perren

Head of Guest management

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Staff management

Grégory Saudan

Head of Staff management

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Magali Reiser

Volunteers' coordinator

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Anthony Vollenweider

Security coordinator

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MarCom

Sophie Clivaz

Head of Marketing & Communication

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Etienne Bornet

Communication & PR Coordinator

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Mobility & Transport

Pierre Favre

Head of Mobility & Transport

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Executive Committee

Chairman   
Dr. Urs Lehmann, Co-President of Swiss-Ski

Vice-Chairmen     
Nicolas Féraud, President of the Commune of Crans-Montana
Mike Goar, CEO Vail Resorts Switzerland

Members
Stéphane Ganzer, State Councillor
Sidney Kamerzin, National Councillor
Claudia Lämmli, COO Swiss-Ski
Claude-Alain Schmidhalter, Vice-Chairman of Swiss-Ski
Diego Züger, CEO Commercial Swiss-Ski

Honorary Presidents     
Marius Robyr and Hugo Steinegger

Statutes of the FIS Alpine Ski Association 2027 World Championships Crans-Montana

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