Team | London Business School | Clipper Round the World Yacht Race

Team London Business School

Skipper: Gav Rees
First mate: Zoe Longley
Position: TBC
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Team and Education Partner

London Business School

Minds Alive

For the first time in Clipper Race history, Team London Business School joins the 2025-26 edition as both a Team and Education Partner, bringing world-class business education to the world’s toughest ocean race. With campuses worldwide and 56,000+ alumni, London Business School reflects the race’s global spirit. The partnership will highlight leadership, teamwork, and resilience—values shared by both LBS and the Clipper Race.

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Team Leadership

Skipper

Gav Rees

Nationality: British

Location: Hertfordshire

“To have the opportunity to create and enable such a diverse and driven group of people to race around the world is the ultimate dream job for me! ”

First Mate

Zoe Longley

Derbyshire, UK

Zoe brings diverse experience in sail training, transatlantic deliveries, and expeditions. Originally from Derbyshire, she’s spent recent years on the UK’s South Coast sail training, as well as coaching future Clipper Race crew. Now a Clipper First Mate, Zoe is eager to merge her coaching skills with the challenges and pace of professional ocean racing.