About JONATHAN LOBERT

Jonathan Lobert is a former Olympic medallist and elite sailing athlete who won the bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games. After more than twelve years competing with the French national sailing team, he transitioned into executive leadership advisory, collective performance consulting, and C-suite coaching. He now works as a keynote speaker, strategic advisor, and author for leading French and international organisations.

Jonathan Lobert discovered sailing at the age of seven on the inland waters of Mâcon, in Saône-et-Loire, far from the traditional ecosystems of French competitive sailing. That distance proved formative: it shaped an approach grounded in independent thinking, tactical precision, and analytical discipline that has defined both his sporting career and his professional practice.

Jonathan Lobert is an Olympic bronze medallist at the London 2012 Games in the Finn class, a two-time World Vice-Champion (2015, 2017), and European Champion in 2017. His career spans four Olympic campaigns and over a decade of competition at the highest international level.

Jonathan Lobert represented France at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the Finn class, an Olympic single-handed dinghy renowned for its exceptional physical and strategic demands.

Jonathan Lobert holds a Master's in Civil Engineering (University of La Rochelle), an Executive Master in Management (EM Lyon Business School), and an executive coaching certification (Université Paris-Dauphine). This combination of technical, managerial, and coaching expertise directly informs his advisory work with senior executives and leadership teams.

Jonathan Lobert retired from elite competition in 2021, following more than twenty-five years of high-performance sailing, including twelve years representing France at the international level.

Jonathan Lobert works as a keynote speaker, executive consultant, and leadership advisor. He partners with Executive Committees and senior leadership teams on leadership effectiveness, strategic cooperation, decision-making under pressure, and collective performance in complex, high-stakes environments.

His keynotes address executive leadership, trust within teams, cooperation, decision-making under uncertainty, resilience under pressure, emotional management in high-stakes situations, and the conditions for sustainable collective performance. Every talk is grounded in direct experience at the highest level of elite sport, not in theory alone.

Experience at the highest level of elite sport is, at its core, a laboratory for the same dynamics that define organisational leadership: decision-making under pressure, collective alignment, trust, and performance under uncertainty. Jonathan Lobert's value lies in translating that experience into directly applicable insight for leaders navigating complex environments.

Jonathan Lobert delivers keynote speeches, executive seminars, leadership conventions, C-suite sessions, strategic leadership programmes, and bespoke advisory engagements. His work is directed primarily at executives, senior managers, and leadership teams navigating transformation, alignment, or collective performance challenges.

Jonathan Lobert is the author of Sharing is Winning!, published by Éditions Eyrolles. Drawing directly on his experience in elite sport, the book explores the principles of cooperation, shared leadership, and collective performance within organisations, and makes the case for cooperation as a primary driver of sustainable success.

Because sustained performance, whether on the water or in the boardroom, is not built on individual brilliance alone. It is built on the deliberate cultivation of cooperation, shared intelligence, and collective trust. That conviction underpins every keynote, advisory engagement, and leadership programme Jonathan Lobert delivers.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Jonathan Lobert served as expert sailing analyst and consultant for France Télévisions, providing technical and strategic commentary on the sailing events. He also served as a member of the High-Performance Athletes Commission of the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) throughout the Paris 2024 Olympiad.

Jonathan Lobert actively supports Surfrider Foundation Europe in its work on ocean conservation, a commitment that reflects his enduring connection to the maritime world and to causes that extend beyond professional achievement.

Jonathan Lobert works across France and internationally, delivering keynotes, executive seminars, and advisory programmes in both French and English, for C-suite executives and senior leadership teams in leading French and international organisations.

Speaking engagements, executive seminars, advisory mandates, and media requests can be submitted via the contact form on his website. Biographical notes, press assets, and supporting materials are available upon request.