Windracers Leadership
Leaders from aviation, software, automative and logistics, working together to deliver low-cost logistics.
Stephen Wright
Founder & Group Executive Chairman
Stephen is responsible for strategy and governance. Stephen was a founding partner of STAR Capital Partners, a private equity fund focused on building businesses around strategic assets particularly in transportation. Before that, he was an investment banker with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and HSBC. Among other projects, he was lead advisor on the first project financing in Africa – a road project in Southern Africa – which ultimately provided the inspiration for the Windracers mission.
Simon Thompson
Group Chief Executive Officer
As CEO of Windracers Group, Simon focuses on design, product R&D, fundraising, strategic partnerships and global growth of the company. Simon was CEO of Royal Mail and has held senior leadership roles across multiple industries in global companies such as Apple, Honda, HSBC and Motorola.
Simon Muderack
Chief Executive Officer & Vice Chairman
Simon leads Commercial and Operations at Windracers and sits as Vice Chairman. Simon co-founded Tribold as CEO which he sold to Sigma Systems before serving as Chief Commercial Officer at Sigma. Following the sale of Sigma to Hansen Technolgies, Simon served as CEO Hansen Communications. Simon is also Executive Chairman of Scarlets Rugby.
Martin Harrison
Group Chief Financial Officer
Martin, alongside finance, is responsible for central services which includes HR, internal IT, legal and property management. Martin qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse and previously held senior finance positions at Yell/Hibu, Inmarsat, Colt and ICI.
Mark Davies
Chief Operations Officer
Mark leads manufacturing, engineering, maintenance and management of supply chain for Windracers. Mark had held senior leadership positions in the automotive industry with Peugeot and Honda before joining Windracers.
Rob Datson FRAeS
Chief Flight Operations Officer
Rob leads global flight operations for Windracers. He was a fighter pilot for the Royal Airforce, an airline pilot for British Airways, a training captain for Virgin Atlantic Airways, multiple other flying positions and latterly Operations Director for Gophr.
Stephen Krajewski
Marketing Director
Stephen is responsible for brand, marketing and communications for Windracers. Stephen has held senior marketing, business development and communications positions in LotusFlare, Amdocs, Hansen (Sigma Systems), Smart Communications and Iron Mountain Europe.
Daryl Badla
Sales Director
Daryl is responsible for business development and sales in the EMEA region. He has led commercial activities for Avanto Consulting, Tribold, Sigma Systems (Hansen), Etiya and Sorriso Technologies.
Nickolay Jelev
R&D Programs Manager
Nickolay manages the delivery of cross-functional projects and leads the power function within the design team. After his PhD in Aircraft Design Optimization from the University of Southampton, he joined Windracers focusing on avionics hardware design, operations and project management.
