An elite athlete, engineer and business leader, Charlie Ageneau turns offshore sailing into a laboratory for decision-making, leadership and collective performance.
Skipper, engineer and entrepreneur, Charlie Ageneau moves between two demanding worlds: elite sport and business.
Trained in France’s elite sailing programme and a member of the French sailing team, Charlie spent several years competing at Olympic level. Third in the European Cup in 2014 and seventh at the U23 World Championships in 2015, he developed a culture in which preparation, strategy and precision make the difference.
An engineer by training, Charlie has also built a solid management career. From Michelin to Solutec and then Thales, he has led strategic projects, grown businesses and managed teams of up to 70 people. Two very different arenas, one shared obsession: doing better with the resources available.
In 2023, he founded Stamina Sailing Team, an offshore racing team bringing together 25 people. As skipper and sports director, he sets the course, brings talent together, manages risk and sustains performance despite fatigue and unforeseen events. Management in real-world conditions.
On stage, Charlie translates the lessons of offshore racing into business realities: making decisions without having all the answers, uniting people under pressure, bouncing back after failure and detecting weak signals. His talks use real situations and immersive footage to turn sporting experience into practical lessons for organisations.
Don’t try to motivate your teams. Inspire them.
Charlie Ageneau uses offshore sailing as a management laboratory: making decisions with limited information, mobilising a team and staying effective when conditions deteriorate.
Decide when everything is moving.
Weather, fatigue, competition and incidents: at sea, waiting until you have all the information often means deciding too late. Charlie shows how to analyse a situation quickly, balance the risks and hold your course amid uncertainty.
Talent is not enough. You need a crew.
On board as in business, performance depends less on individual talent than on the ability to work together. Charlie explains how to build trust, accountability and solidarity to turn a group into a high-performing team.
Set the course without controlling everything.
A skipper cannot predict the weather or eliminate the unexpected. What a skipper can do is prepare the crew to respond. Charlie Ageneau explores a form of leadership based on trust, listening and situational intelligence.
Keep acting when the original plan disappears.
A breakdown, a bad decision or several days of fatigue can jeopardise an entire race. Charlie Ageneau shows how to prepare teams to absorb the shock, adapt quickly and keep moving forward.
The right decision often starts with a weak signal.
In competition, the difference does not always come from a spectacular innovation. Sometimes it comes from information that others failed to notice. Charlie shows how to develop a culture of observation, experimentation and opportunity.
Poker and offshore sailing: two worlds, the same demand for decision-making.
Alongside poker champion Vanessa Hellebuyck, Charlie Ageneau brings together two worlds where decisions must be made quickly, under pressure and without knowing what comes next. Preparation, intuition, risk, failure and resilience come together in a lively conversation about how competitors stay one move ahead.
Charlie Ageneau speaks at the key moments where people, performance and impact matter.
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Discover Charlie Ageneau and Stamina Sailing Team in action: offshore sailing as a learning ground for teamwork, decision-making and performance.
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A team of young sailors trains, pushes its limits, and learns to operate as one crew to meet the demands of offshore racing.
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At sea, performance is built together: preparation, mutual support and pushing beyond limits in pursuit of a shared ambition.
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