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“YPY is a fantastic global community, connecting land based yachting professionals across all aspects of the industry.
It’s exciting to see young professionals share knowledge, build long lasting professional relationships and benefit from personal development through networking.”

Abigail Davies  – YPY UK President

Our Chapter

In the UK, Young Professionals in Yachting was established 2015 and now counts more than 100 members in the London and across the country. Members meetings take place quarterly with guest speakers and networking at a variety of venues. Alongside these events we also organise various social events throughout the year and link with other chapters at worldwide industry events. Our Christmas party and South Coast sailing weekend have become unmissable traditions, together with the international sailing event.

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Board Members

Meet the board of YPY United Kingdom

Abigail Davies

President

Charter Consultant, IYC

Born in the UK, Abigail graduated with a degree in BA Fashion Marketing. She started her professional career in PR and marketing across the lifestyle sector, transitioning into the yachting world at media platform Superyachts.com. It was from here she then joined IYC UK starting in sales & charter, and more recently progressing into charter management. Abigail has experienced the benefits of joining YPY early on in her career and now as a board member is enthusiastic to be apart of building this ever growing global community of young professionals.

Abigail Davies
President

Emmanuel Akintunde

Vice President

Emmanuel, an award-winning actor, musician and entrepreneur, is the Managing Director and Founder of GF Entertainment. GFE, as it is commonly coined by clients and stakeholders, is a boutique entertainment company providing A-list artists, DJs and access to the world’s most sought-after invitation-only events for Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs), primarily within the Superyacht industry. Emmanuel, a fun, dynamic and professional director, has a unique 13 years experience in International Business and has been providing entertainment services within the superyacht industry since 2017.

Emmanuel Akintunde
Vice President

Anna- Lisa Winklund

Treasurer

I grew up traveling between Australian beaches and Swedish mountains. After traveling to Europe at every opportunity as an adult, I finally moved to London in 2018. With work experience across education, small business management and sustainable fashion events I fell into the Yachting industry when looking for a role in London that would bring new challenges and experiences. Over 5 years later I now working at Edmiston as a Yacht Account Manager within Yacht Management. As the industry grows and professionalises it is an exciting space to work in. I am fresh to YPY and am excited to get involved and see what is up and coming within the industry.

Anna- Lisa Winklund
Treasurer

Gemma Harris

Head of Marketing and Communication

Gemma spent the last decade onboard as superyacht crew, clocking up many miles working on both sailing and motor yachts. While travelling the world, she built up her writing portfolio using her industry knowledge and skills gained from previous copywriting positions at travel companies. Gemma returned to land last year full-time and now uses her industry knowledge to write with authenticity. As well as her journalistic industry-based writing, she helps businesses and brands tell their story through various content writing services.

Gemma Harris 
Head of Marketing and Communication

Eva Matson

Events

Assistant at Burgess

Eva Matson
Membership Director

Izzy Minded-Powell

Sponsorship Director

Hi, my name is Izzy and I lead Superyacht Crewing team at Faststream Recruitment.
I am passionate about our industry and particularly helping superyacht crew find their ideal positions. We work in such a diverse and global field it’s great to able to support those of all experience find their dream role. I lead a team of experts who work with some of the world’s largest superyachts, including yacht owners, yacht managers and shipyards around the world.
I’m thrilled to be the Sponsorship Director for the YPY (Young Professionals in Yachting), a network of like-minded individuals who share a common interest in the superyacht industry. I’m looking forward to connecting with other members and supporting YPY’s mission to promote education and networking opportunities.
During my spare time skiing is my passion but in the summer months I can be found rowing up the Itchen River.

Izzy Minded-Powell
Sponsorship Director

Conrad Empson

South Coast Representative

Managing Director of CrewPass

Conrad started his career in the yachting industry nearly ten years ago, working as crew on superyachts. Four years ago, he decided to return to shore and quickly carved himself a new career in maritime security. During this last year, he designed and launched a highly successful innovative crew management software company CrewPass, running background checks on crew, which is becoming part of the standard process for marine employment and common practice by agencies, vessels and crew members.

Conrad Empson
South Coast Representative

Remie Grice

Events Director

Associate - Hill Dickinson LLP

Remie graduated with a law degree in the UK and then went onto work on superyachts in the Med; both private and charter.
When returning to the UK, Remie qualified as a lawyer and is now an associate in the yachts team at Hill Dickinson, advising a range of international clients on the sale and purchase of yachts.

Remie Grice
Events Director

Past Speakers
Farouk Nefzi - CMO Feadship
www.feadship.nl
Based in the Netherlands and with roots dating back to 1849, Feadship is recognised as the world leader in the field of pure custom superyachts. Because every new Feadship is the best we ever built, all boats in our fleet set a new standard in terms of craftsmanship, design, engineering and construction. It's what we like to call the relentless pursuit of perfection.
Jamie Edmiston - CEO
edmiston.com
Edmiston is one of the world’s most successful and respected yacht brokerage companies. With offices in London, Monaco, New York, Newport and Mexico City, Edmiston is a company synonymous with revolutionising yacht marketing.
John Leonida – Clyde and Co
www.clydeco.com
Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a focus on five core sectors: insurance, energy, trade & commodities, infrastructure and transport.
Richard Lambert – Burgess
www.burgessyachts.com
Burgess is a superyacht brokerage company dealing with the sale; purchase, new construction, charter; yacht management, of luxury mega yachts over 30m (100 feet)
Sacha Bonsor and Stewart Campbell – Boat International
www.boatinternational.com
Boat International Media is a luxury lifestyle publishing company based in Wimbledon, London. The company publishes the magazines Boat International, Boat International US Edition and Dockwalk.
Andrew Winch – Winch Design
www.winchdesign.com
Winch Design is an award winning British Design studio that was established in 1986 as a specialist Interior and Exterior Yacht Designer.
Jeff Brown - Breed Media
www.breedmedia.com
Breed Media is a creative media service to the global Superyacht and Luxury market. Services include Photography, Film, Design, Print.
Tim Heywood – Tim Heywood Design
Tim Heywood, the multi award-winning yacht designer, has produced some of the finest and largest yachts on the water.
Testimonials

“I wanted to write and thank you both for giving BLUE the opportunity to speak in front of your London YPY members last night. Both Clare and I really enjoyed the event. It was a fantastic opportunity to extend our reach out among a new audience in the superyacht industry.
I hope you were both pleased with how it went. It was wonderful to receive the questions we did and have the chance to talk about our work in such depth.”

SJ SkinnerBlue Marine Foundation

“I was extremely impressed with YPY in London. Their enthusiasm for the yachting industry and their professional approach in arranging insightful events for their members that focussed on increasing their members knowledge is impressive. It was a great opportunity to meet with the members and it is extremely encouraging to witness the drive to increase personal development in the yachting industry.”

Richard LambertBurgess
Membership

Membership fees are £150/person/year. We also offer a corporate rate of £135/person/year when 4+ people from the same company join.

Membership gives you access to all our meetings as well as discounts for our special events and industry events throughout the year. Membership runs from 1 January to 31 December.

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Young Professionals in Yachting

United Kingdom

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