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Appointment at Vetus
Davide Baldereschi
Branch Manager Vetus, global innovation company for complete marine product systems, has expanded its international sales management team with signifcant appointments. The new arrivals at two local European offces strengthen the company’s presence in key markets and will effciently meet increasing demand for Vetus and Maxwell products through the most direct approach with OEMs and consumers. The frst addition is at the Vetus Italy headquarters in Montelupo, where Davide Baldereschi joins as Branch Manager.
Charlie Bird
Chief Executive Offcer Appointment at Hyde Sails
Charlie Bird, founder of the premium boat shoe brand Wuzzos, has been appointed as Chief Executive Offcer at Hyde Sails.
The move comes as Hyde Sails looks to continue its growth trajectory by expanding its diverse product offering and moving towards a new dynamic era of trade. Charlie Bird has amassed over 20 years of valuable marine brand development experience and expertise that he hopes will beneft Hyde Sails. After spending 16 years at Musto where he specialised in product development, production, brand, and cost management, Bird launched his own company, Wuzzos, in December 2019.
Lorenzo Ricci
Cantiere delle Marche has strengthened their Technical and Project Managers
Department by hiring Lorenzo Ricci, who is appointed Head of Project Managers.
Mr Ricci has a wide experience in the international yacht-building industry and yachting in general coupled to excellent team management skills and will bring a wealth of knowledge to the role he has been appointed for. Mr Ricci has been Captain of large sail yachts in Italy and the USA and a yacht broker in Florida and he has fulflled various other roles within the industry.
Appointment at Cantiere delle Marche
Martino del Nevo
Cantiere delle Marche welcomes Martino Del
Nevo on board as Chief Operating Offcer and the company is looking forward to bringing CDM towards new horizons.
In his career, Mr del Nevo gained an international and diversifed experience in ship and yacht building. Using his expertise in the yachting industry, Mr del
Nevo will reorganise and oversee operation by strengthening technical, production and project managers departments while implementing CDM’s business processes. To support the new COO activity, CDM is hiring a signifcant number of highly skilled professionals.
Joana Franco
Sales Accountmanager With 14 years of experience in sales and marketing at multinational companies,
Davide also brings marine industry expertise and connections to Vetus from his previous roles. Based at the Vetus
Barcelona offce, Joana Franco has been appointed as Sales Account Manager for Spain and Portugal. A qualifed naval architect, ocean engineer and open water diver, Joana brings multi-lingual communication skills to the position, as well as monitoring and supervision experience in ship repair and design projects.
Appointment at MB92
Jean-Marc Bolinger
Group CEO MB92 announced that it has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Jean-Marc Bolinger as Group CEO.
Pepe García-Aubert, President & CEO of MB92, will continue to play a major role in the company as Chairman of the
Board. Mr Bolinger, a Swiss national, has occupied senior positions within a wide variety of industries ranging from business services, consumer goods, food & beverages to logistics, and has led teams of up to 900 employees. During a career spanning 30 years and three continents, he held executive roles at companies including Danone and Primo Corporation.
Appointment at Zeelander Yachts
Marianne Hendriks
Marketing & Business Development Director Because of impressive growth and a wellflled order book for both Zeelander Yachts and DutchCraft, the Netherlands-based
Shipyard Groot-Ammers announced the appointment of Marianne Hendriks as Director Marketing & Business
Development. In this executive role, she will be responsible for the marketing and commercial strategy, public relations, business development and brand representation. With the current order book and clear future objectives to further expand the business, strong strategic leadership is imperative.
Appointment at Baltic
Neil Harrison
Baltic Safety Products is delighted to announce the appointment of Neil Harrison as Head of Business – Commercial
Marine, for their professional range of lifejackets, buoyancy aids and fotation clothing. Mr Harrison will be based in
Scotland and working closely with Ian
Clark Head of Business based in Hamble,
UK, and with the Baltic Global Sales Team in Sweden. Mr Harrison is looking forward to joining an amazing team of people at Baltic, they all share the same core values, and with them he is excited to help drive the continued sustainable growth of Baltic products and service excellence.
