FILE PHOTO - Grant Simmer managing director and design coordinator of Alinghi attends a press conference in Le Bouveret July 23, 2009. REUTERS/Valentin Flauraud
LONDON (Reuters) - British sailor Ben Ainslie has hired former Oracle Team USA general manager Grant Simmer to run his Land Rover BAR team as it looks to launch another hi-tech America's Cup campaign.
Ainslie, who plans to challenge holders Emirates Team New Zealand for the next America's Cup in 2021, said in a statement on Thursday that Simmer, an Australian who has competed in 10 America's Cup cycles and won sport's oldest international trophy four times, will replace Martin Whitmarsh as CEO.
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