sergeSerge Celebidachi
Director

Serge is an award-winning film maker whose credits include feature comedy “Edward and Lulu” (2003), period drama “The Yellow Tie” (2001), feature drama “Octave” (1999) and critically-acclaimed documentary “The Garden” (1997).

He now dedicates most of his time to CJ Motorsport but continues to write and direct and is currently making a documentary about the “behind the scenes” of Motor Racing.

Serge has a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and a Masters Degree in Film Making from the London International Film School. He speaks English, French, German, Italian and Romanian.

Serge lives in Surrey with his wife and five children.
  jamesJames Olivier
Director

James has spent most of his career to date at SPG Media PLC, joining in 1994 as an Advertising Sales Executive and working his way up the corporate ladder to Sales Manager, Head of Sales for all Hotel and Leisure Products before eventually joining the Group’s Executive Board as Group Business Development Manager.

He left SPG Media PLC to found CJ Motorsport with Serge at the end of 2005.

James has a degree in International Business from the European Business School and speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

James lives in London with his wife and daughter.
 
         
 
 
         
 

Charles Barrett
US Director

 

Charles brings an expansive knowledge of Talent and Business Management having spent most of his career in Hollywood working in Film and TV Talent, Casting and Production for some of the industry's best including Disney, Universal, Warner Brothers, MGM, and Dick Clark.

He has also owned several successful business and real estate ventures over the past few years which bring invaluable experience to directing business operations for CJ Motorsport in the US. 


He joined CJ in 2007 as both a Manager and the Director of sponsorship, marketing and PR in the US.  "Although the fields are very different, the business models are so remarkably similar that transferring all my skills from Entertainment to Motorsport will be a seamless move for me." 

He has a Bachelor of Arts from Indiana University and a Masters Degree in Screenwriting from the American Film Institute.

Charles splits his time between Los Angeles, CA, and Indianapolis, IN. He can be reached at + 1 310-903-8099 or by email via this link.
 
         
 
 
         
  Sergiu Celebidache
Corporate Ambassador

Sergiu is a graduate in automotive engineering from the Bucharest Polytechnic University.
In 1989 he founded the country's first independent car parts and services company. In 1992 he started Romtrucks, a road freight company specialising in transportation between Europe to Asia. In addition to being a senior Dacia agent, he became the official Citroen agent for Romania.

He was also a touring car driver from 1980 to 1983, winning, amongst others, the Bucharest Grand Prix in 1983.

Sergiu is a successful entrepreneur, with businesses in the automobile and road freight sectors, managing a fleet of 600 trucks and employing 350 people.

He lives in Bucharest and is one of Romania’s best connected businessmen.

  John Palmer
Corporate Ambassador

Australian, graduated in marketing from Monash University in Melbourne, John began his career in product management with major multinational companies.
He has over 20 years experience in advertising, marketing and general management - attaining the position of Chief Executive of one of the largest communications groups in Asia.

He has worked throughout the world in Australia, the Middle East, USA, Asia & Europe across a broad range of industries from airlines and cars to financial services and FMCG groups. In 1998, John founded LetsBuyIt.com and was a key force in driving the company to become one of Europe's leading e-commerce businesses with operations in 12 countries.

John is now involved in investments requiring restructuring, financial and management advice across a number of categories bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience from an international perspective along with a deep understanding of the requirements for success.

John currently lives in Monaco.
 

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