The Competition Operations team for the 5th FAI Women’s World Hot Air Ballooning Championship have been proposed and endorsed by both the FAI and the ABF as part of the bid process. The team chosen are well experienced in national and international competition. All have been at the forefront of international competition developments. The majority of the team detailed below held the same roles at the 2015 and/or 2017 Australian National Ballooning Championship events, as part of the strategy building to this World event.