Inside Marine

Welcome to the tenth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Farouk Nefzi

Farouk Nefzi, Chief Marketing Officer for Feadship, has wide experience in the superyacht industry, having served companies like Vecom, Hiswa Holland Yachting Group, Amserdam RAI and Fairpromotion. Farouk has a unique 25 years’ background in strategic disruptive marketing, branding, multi-million-dollar business & consumer event organisation, the creation and realisation of a bespoke Nautical Experience Centre in Amsterdam and heading up a wide range of print, online and television initiatives.

Farouk is recognised as a forward-thinking and progressive marketeer in the UHNW superyacht domain. He has led the most important and largest maritime platform in the world - METSTRADE and made it the most profitable event.

Influential and charismatic public speaker Farouk is passionate about changing the positioning of the superyacht landscape through stories of purpose, craft and employment.

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Farouk Nefzi’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the ninth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Jeroen Wats, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Exo Technologies.

A multiple offshore and ocean yacht racing winner and passionate environmentalist, Jeroen started a state-of-the-art high performance yacht building company resulting in an impressive proven award and regatta winning track record worldwide. With vast experience in high tech, efficient yacht design and composites, Jeroen turned his eye to the environment because he witnessed first-hand how polluting the industry is, and decided to do something about it.

Welcome to the eighth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Tom Chant, CEO of the Society of Maritime Industries.

Tom has a long association with the marine industry, having been an active sailor and student of boatbuilding in Southampton. His career has encompassed a wide range of market sectors, and he has gathered experience of business development, marketing and distribution in an international business environment. A nine-year period at the trade body for the leisure and superyacht sector was committed to developing the members’ export business. This included running UK pavilions at overseas shows, managing inward and outward missions, including Meet-the-Buyer events, and creating market reports and representation on government committees. Recent career experience included distributor management for a marine equipment company before joining SMI in February 2017 as the Business Development Director and Secretary to the Commercial Marine Group and Marine Science & Technology Group. Tom was appointed Chief Executive of the SMI in August 2020.  

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Tom’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the seventh episode of the Inside Marine podcast. 

We are joined by Jeff Houlgrave, Senior Associate - Marina Projects.  Following a successful racing career, Jeff has over 35 years of experience working within the marine industry, the last 20 years internationally.  Jeff has an international reputation in the marina sector, particularly in the field of superyachts, and he is a regular speaker at marina and superyacht conferences. He is Chairman of Superyacht UK.  

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Jeff Houlgrave’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the sixth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Marcela De Kern, Business Development Consultant in the Yachting industry based in Monaco.

A master of all things yachting, Marcela de Kern Royer is a Monaco resident and founding owner of Onboard, a consulting firm based in Monaco specialized in sales to HNWI and luxury marketing in the yachting industry. Author of the first textbook ever written about the superyacht industry, she is also the founder of the superyacht industry-forum, a platform to connect all yachting professionals. She is currently developing Genoa Superyacht Hub and is a professor at the International University of Monaco. In her spare time, Marcela teaches yachting at the Yacht Club de Monaco.

Marcela has been the commercial director for ICON Yachts shipyard in the Netherlands and was also the founder and president of the Young Professionals in Yachting (YPI) Monaco. Alongside her professional work, Marcela is an influential social media figure in yachting. Marcela speaks six languages fluently: her native language of Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German.

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Matt Ovenden, CEO and Founder of Borrow A Boat.

Matt is an entrepreneur who is passionate about building teams and successful businesses to meet market opportunities on the forefront of technological or consumer trends. A Chartered Mechanical Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, with MSc in Innovation & Design for Sustainability, Matt established leading energy & sustainability company Bright Green Shoots in 2009 to help organisations embrace sustainable “green” innovation as the UK makes the transition to a low carbon economy. Matt has spun out two more companies, Free Wind Ltd in 2011 a prominent UK wind development company and Free Island Energy in 2014 a pioneer of remote renewables, eco-island and microgrid projects.

In 2016 Matt launched the UK's first peer-to-peer boat charter marketplace "the Airbnb of boats" www.borrowaboat.com.

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Matt Ovenden’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Justine Heely, Managing Director of SSD UK at Survitec Group Ltd.

Justine is an International Business Leader at CEO level with M&A Experience. Strategic Leadership skills, mentor and facilitator. Sales, marketing, manufacturing & distribution management professional with worldwide cultural and customer relationship management excellence.

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Justine Heely’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Ian ‘Chips’ Howarth CEO at Cyclops Marine.

Ian has been in the senior management teams of marine industry businesses for the last 20 years and brings a wealth of experience in global branding and distribution. A retired sailor, ‘Chips’ boasts multiple world championship titles as well as Olympic level coaching.

Fast Forward to now, Chips is the Chief Executive Officer of Cyclops Marine. Founded In 2018, Cyclops Marine brings together wireless load sensing and sailing expertise with the aim of being the industry standard in load sensing for marine applications. Cyclops sensors are designed to be used in a marine environment, developed with their customers in mind.

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Ian ‘Chips’ Howarth’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.

Welcome to the third episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by James Roy, Managing Director at Lateral Naval Architects.

From a very young age James decided that drawing boats was what he wanted to do for a living, so when he came across a leaflet advertising Yacht Design at Southampton Institute the stage was set and in 1996 he graduated with first class honours.

James believes that clarity of thought and focus are key ingredients for success and he thrives in agile, open thinking teams working on creative and innovative projects that challenge accepted practices.

When not leading the company's yacht work James will most likely be found either sailing around the waters of the Solent or soaring above the Hampshire countryside in a hang glider.   

Welcome to the second episode of the Inside Marine podcast. We are joined by Kiran Haslam, CMO of Princess Yachts.

Kiran is a man of many talents with a number of exciting stories to tell. He has reinvented luxury brands, authored children’s storybooks and toured the world as a musician & composer in his youth. With a creatively disruptive and strategic mind, Kiran has been recognised as an influential and powerful public speaker.

Having lived, studied and worked in his home country of Australia, he has also had the privilege to live and work across South and Central Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Central Europe, and the United Kingdom.

Currently, Kiran resides in Plymouth, Devon (UK) as the Chief Marketing Officer and Board Member for Environment at Princess Yachts Limited, one of the world's most powerful luxury yacht brands

Join us in listening to the wonderful and truly inspirational stories of Kiran Haslam’s journey in this episode of Inside Marine.