47. Sacha Woodward Hill

Sacha Woodward Hill is the General Counsel and a member of the board of directors at Formula 1. Her responsibilities include the oversight of Formula 1’s legal, compliance, brand protection, human resources and administration functions.

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After graduating with an MA in law in 1990 she began working to qualify as a solicitor with the venerable London law firm Taylor Joynson Garrett. After qualifying in 1993 she stayed with the company for a couple of years before moving to Allen & Overy in 1995 and then the Formula One group in 1996.

She was recruited to join Formula 1 as a lawyer in 1996 by its founder Bernie Ecclestone and she has been its chief legal officer since 2000. Under her leadership, F1’s legal team has adapted and grown into a broad-based team of highly-skilled lawyers who support F1’s activities worldwide with legal advice, deal negotiation and risk management.

Sacha Woodward Hill is a practising solicitor admitted in England and Wales. Before joining Formula 1 in 1996, she worked in several well-known London law firms. She is a graduate of the University of Cambridge where she read Natural Sciences and Law at Corpus Christi College.