OFFSHORE TEAM
Jochen Werne – Expedition Leader
Dr. Marco Schroeter – Chief Safety Officer – CFO & COO
Dr. Oliver Picht – Navigator & Chief Documentation Officer
Bernd Görgner – Medical Officer & Decksmaster
Linden Blue – Chief Communications Officer
Dr. Benon Z. Janos – Chief Meteorologist & Environmental Initiatives Coordinator
Dr. Wolfgang Händel – Logistics Officer
Hans Axtner – Boatswain & Master of Ceremonies
Michael Melnick – Chief
David Gamba – Quartermaster Chief Observer
Wolf Kloss -Skipper
Karl Papenfuss – Mate
ONSHORE TEAM
The OnShore Team is vital for the success of the expedition and without a professional team on land coordinating the communication with the Expedition Corps, authorities, press and supporters the operation could not take place
Commander Bernd Lehmann (ret.) M.A. – Chief Historian
Bernard d’Alessandri – Chief Representative of the Principality of Monaco
Prof. Dr. Alexander Decker – Chief Digital Communications Officer
Bernard Sealy – Chief Liaison Officer to Great Britain and the Commonwealth
Dr. Olivier Blanchard – Chief Liaison Officer to France and Monaco
Dr. Michael Schüllermann – Chief Shore Coordinator
Stefano Malvestio – Chief Liaison Officer to Italy
Roman Vladimirovic Maslov – Chief Liaison Officer to the Russian Federation and Belarus
Andreas Adam – Chief Liaison Officer to Austria and Hungary
Götz Credé – Chief Liaison Officer to Belgium, Denmark and The Netherlands
Roberto Rodriguez – Chief Liaison Officer to Argentina, Chile and Spain
Maximino Gomez Alvarez – Chief Liaison Officer to Cuba
Joni Antero Koskiniemi – Chief Liaison Officer to Finland
Frederick W. Newcomb – Chief Liasion Officer to the United States of America
Sebastian Bousseljot – Chief Liaison Officer to the Czech Republic, Ecuador and India
Oliver Zoeller – Chief Aerial Observation Officer
Muhamad Said Chahrour – Chief Liaision Officer to the Middle East
Christian Esposito – Chief Relationship Officer
Jens Oppermann – Chief Strength & Condition Coach
Dr. Gottfried Feuchtgruber – Onshore Medical Officer