Etienne De Villiers

Biographical Information
"Etienne is currently non-executive chairman of Virgin Racing, the UK’s new Formula 1 team a position he has held since November 2009. He was, until December 2008 and September 2009 respectively, the Chairman and President of the ATP World Tour, the men’s professional tennis governing body; and Chairman of BBC Worldwide ,  a position he held for 4 years. He was a senior founding partner of Englefield Capital, and remains an investor in their second fund. He was a senior executive of the Walt Disney Company for 15 years from 1986 till 2000 where he held a number of roles - President of Walt Disney International, (Europe, Africa and M/East), as well as being responsible for all the company’s International TV activities for 10 years. In the early 1980s he worked for McKinsey & Co in London. He is a qualified civil engineer and read PPE at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Etienne is a very active non-executive director of Pi Capital.

"Current Directorships: Pi Capital (Holdings) Ltd, Canadian Film Center, BBC Worldwide (Ch)"