HILL ROBINSON LIMITED - Key Persons


Adina Isabela Marin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team
  • Recruitment Specialist
- Prior to joining Hill Robinson, Adina worked as an HR Business Partner for Société Générale and before as a Recruitment Consultant in the Nuclear and Oil & Gas sector. Adina Joined Hill Robinson in July 2020 Contact Monaco +377 9310 29 29

Alex Santos

Job Titles:
  • Company Accountant
  • Member of the USA Team
- Alexandre's experience in the industry includes many years as an accountant in the consumer goods, medical supplies, trades, and financial services sector in several established South American companies. His skills and knowledge across the many industries he's worked in combined with his enthusiasm make him an ideal fit for the position. He enjoys a healthy lifestyle, reading, and going to the gym in the morning.

Alison Blackburn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Administrator
- Following her Diploma in Performing Arts, Alison began her career travelling all over the world as a stage performer. Then a nautical career beckoned and whilst circumnavigating the globe with P&O/Princess Cruises, Alison rose through the ranks to achieve the position of Cruise Director. After arriving in France, Alison worked as a Charter Assistant before looking for a new challenge, and is delighted to be working at Hill Robinson as Yacht Administrator. Contact Antibes +33 4 92 90 59 59

Alistair Bendall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Technical Manager
- Alistair has been in the Yachting industry for over 30 years and for the last 20 years he has been a captain on various yachts up to 56 meters. Alistair has been involved in several new builds, conversion projects and major refits. Alistair joined Hill Robinson in March 2020. Contact Antibes +33 4 92 90 59 59

Angel Trifonov

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Yacht Manager
- Originally from Bulgaria, Angel brings over 15 years of maritime experience to the team at Hill Robinson. He began his career working on commercial ships in 2005. This experience allowed him to travel extensively across all oceans of the world, circumnavigating the globe in both directions in less than a year. In 2009 Angel joined his first yacht in the Middle East and was immediately captivated by the industry. After working through the ranks at sea and earning his unlimited Captain's license Angel was offered a land based role as operations manager at a medical staffing agency but his love for the sea and passion for all things maritime brought him back to yachting. His expertise includes client relations, operations, safety, flag and class compliance, technical management and training and onboarding of senior crew. Naturally handy and always up for a challenge, Angel loves tinkering and can fix just about anything (most of the time). An avid cyclist, Angel enjoys building and repairing road bikes in his free time. Angel joined Hill Robinson May 2021 Contact USA

Angela Huffman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Recruitment Specialist
- Having moved from Virginia almost 14 years ago, Angela has gained a new love and respect for all things nautical including the yachting industry. Before her journey began within the industry, she spent ample time out on the water with family and friends increasing her love and knowledge for yachting. With her previous experience in yacht administration, brokerage closings, crew placement and a vast array of administrative skills, she is excited to learn and grow within the Hill Robinson family. Some of her other passions include cooking, wake surfing, cenote diving and most importantly spending time with her family! Angela joined Hill Robinson in June 2020. Contact USA +1 954 792 6112

Angelina Capdeviolle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Recruitment Administrator
- Angelina has a solid work experience in sales and event management in luxury real estates, 4 stars hotels and gastronomical restaurants. Relating to yachting, she has worked for Dolphin Wear, yacht crew uniform supplier. Angelina enjoys working in multicultural environment. Contact Antibes +33 4 92 90 59 59

Anna Lindell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Member of the Spain Team
  • Yacht Manager

Annika Silvy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team

Barrett Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • President Hill Robinson USA

Beata Szubert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Administrator

Brett Dutton

Job Titles:
  • Aviation Manager

Brian Monk

Job Titles:
  • Accountant
  • Manager

Bruna Capodicasa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht & Technical Manager

Burcu Girard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Receptionist

Camille Medina

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Charter Manager

Carole Calviera

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the Monaco Team

Celine Blanchardon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Manager

Chris Wright

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Senior Technical Manager

Conrad Cockburn

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Dee Singhsumalee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Marketing Administrator

Despina Costa

Job Titles:
  • Company Accountant
  • Member of the Cyprus Team

Donna Murray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Australia Team
  • Internal Fleet Crew Manager

Egil Nordstrom

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Manager
  • Member of the France Team

Elaine Yen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Ellen De Jong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Recruitment Specialist

Eric Witton

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Manager
  • Member of the France Team

Esther Delamare

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Senior Recruitment Manager

Eve Tary

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Gabriele Niems

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team
  • Project Liaison Manager

Giles Hunt

Job Titles:
  • General Manager
  • Member of the France Team

Grazia Gatto

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Italy Team
  • Office Manager

Harry Windsor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team
  • Project Manager

Heinrich Strydom

Job Titles:
  • Facilitation Engineer

Hill Robinson Saudia

Job Titles:
  • Interim CEO Hill Robinson Saudia

Isabel Bermudez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Manager

Jackie Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Jacques Theron

Job Titles:
  • Facilitation Engineer

James Meikle

Job Titles:
  • Contract Manager
- James has over 17 years' experience in various roles within the engineering and manufacturing industries. After completing his bachelors degree in 2000, he started working as a project engineer in a pulp & paper mill near Durban, South Africa. Lured by an opportunity to work on international construction projects, James moved base to the UK in 2005 and joined a manufacturing company specialising in the design and supply of heavy-duty mining machinery. James has developed a keen eye for formulating commercial arrangements and contracts, which brought him to the beautiful Isle of Man in 2012, where he took on further legal duties. James joined Hill Robinson in October 2018. Contact Isle of Man +44 1624 622 523

Jane Stevenson - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief People Officer
  • Member of the UK Team

Joanne Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Accounting & Administration Assistant

Johannes Hajek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Accounting and Administration

John Bardon

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Spain Team

John See

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Recruitment Specialist

Jojanneke Hartmann-Struik

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to the Board

Julie Bichon

Job Titles:
  • Head of Charter Management

Kaisa Pace

Job Titles:
  • Charter Manager

Karl Hartmann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Partners Team
  • Partner
- Karl, who is also a passionate sailor, obtained his degree in Naval Architecture in his home country the Netherlands. He started his yachting career at Koersvelt Yacht Projects B.V. as a Project Engineer where he represented various Owners and managed their new builds. Further to that also developed an ISO certified Quality Control system as a management tool. In 2007 Karl joined Hill Robinson International to further develop his career as a Senior Project Manager and Owner's Representative. He managed several large New Build and Refit projects in Germany. In 2015 he was requested to join the Board and became a Director. He is now leading various project teams of highly qualified Project Managers and Engineers that are working on projects all over the World for maritime and aviation projects. Contact Isle of Man +44 1624 622 523

Katrina Baron

Job Titles:
  • Operations Project Manager

Kelvin Retardo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Technical Manager

Kevin Laverty

Job Titles:
  • Director of Projects
- Kevin has over 30 years' project management experience in various roles within offshore oil and gas construction, marine engineering, shipbuilding, port equipment construction, and large luxury yachts. Has acted as owner representative on a number of significant new build yacht projects and refits, and also as an independent expert witness in yacht related disputes. Kevin joined Hill Robinson in April 2015. Contact Isle of Man +44 1624 622 523

Kurt Fraser - Chief Commercial Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Commercial Officer
  • Member of the UK Team
- Originally from Vancouver, Kurt grew up on the water around the west coast of Canada and spent time as a whale watching skipper and guide. His early career was with the government of British Columbia as a small business advisor and a strategy director for a multi-disciplinary creative agency. He went on to specialise in luxury resort real estate sales and marketing, launching several notable beach, golf, and ski resorts around the world including a renowned Mediterranean superyacht marina. Kurt spent several years as a sales and marketing director where he promoted a portfolio of superyacht marinas in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, and Middle East. More recently, he was the global director of marketing at superyacht brokerage where he orchestrated the company's rebrand and was responsible for several compelling yacht marketing campaigns. He went on to serve as sales and marketing director for boutique yacht brokerage where he grew both the sales and charter fleet and played a lead broker role in notable sales for the company. In his role in the Hill Robinson group, Kurt is responsible for marketing direction of the Hill Robinson and Moravia Yachting brands, and leading the yacht sales, retail charter, and charter management teams. Kurt joined Hill Robinson in April 2020. Contact UK

Lindsey Probert

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Administrator

Lisa Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Central Agency Yacht Manager

Lisa Ricourt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Australia Team
  • Recruitment Specialist

Lonny Albert

Job Titles:
  • Senior Yacht Accountant

Mandy Paterson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Marco Rossi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Principal Surveyor

Margot Pinho

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Human Resources ( Antibes )

Marianne Richards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Fleet Operations Systems

Mariska Biesheuvel - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Head of Marketing
  • Member of the France Team

Mark Gilson

Job Titles:
  • Director

Mark Robinson - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the UK Team

Meagan Whelan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Charter Manager

Michele Minns Perrone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Fleet Compliance

Mihaela Megret

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Administrator

Morten Roepstorff

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Nacho Diaz Huerta

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Spain Team
  • Technical Manager

Natalya McFadyen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Marketing Project Manager

Niall Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team
  • Member of the Partners Team
  • Partner
- Niall has been involved in professional yacht management since 1997, co-ordinating the building, operation and refit of some of the world's finest yachts. He began his career in professional yachting in 1985, working on yachts such as Invader & Creole. Nick and Niall, started the company in 2001 with six yachts under management and a team of just four, the beginnings of the successful industry leader that we see today. Contact Monaco +377 9310 29 29

Nic Kaye

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the UK Team

Nick Hill

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Monaco Team
  • Member of the Partners Team
  • Partner
- Nick started his sailing career at Oyster Yachts in Ipswich in 1980 before university, delivering his first yacht to the Caribbean in 1984. A degree in geography from Cambridge certainly helped finding his way! It was in Antigua that Nick joined Jessica, the 3 masted schooner, as first officer he enjoyed the experience of learning how to run a large yacht. For the next 10 years as captain on yachts such as Orejona, Astrape, Dwyn Wen, Philanderer, and Thendara, Nick gained experience in different cruising areas, notably the East Med, USA, Caribbean and SE Asia. After qualifying with an MBA from Imperial College London in 1994, Nick joined Camper & Nicholsons to set up and run the charter management department, in London, then Monaco. In 2001 Nick and Niall founded Hill Robinson International in London, followed by Yacht Management Consultants in France shortly after. Since then the company has grown and expanded to the USA, IOM and Cyprus supporting a larger fleet and significant projects. His passion for yachting and hands on approach has contributed to the success of the Hill Robinson group. Contact Monaco +377 9310 29 29

Nicole Hammerton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Compliance Assistant

Niina Pirttiniemi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Manager

Niomi Matysek

Job Titles:
  • Commercial Coordinator

Paul Cook - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operations Officer
  • Member of the UK Team

Peta Rook

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Italy Team
  • Marketing and Business Development

Peter Davies

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Assistant
  • Member of the UK Team

Peter van Toor

Job Titles:
  • Head of the Procurement

Peter White

Job Titles:
  • Senior Project Manager

Philipp Schopfer

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager

Pino Di Mora

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Italy Team
  • Senior Project Manager / Country Manager Italy

Richard Challoner

Job Titles:
  • Accountant
  • Manager

Romina Rastelli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Charter Manager

Rosa Rodrigo Gutierrez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Spain Team
  • Recruitment Specialist

Samantha Loannou

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Assistant
  • Member of the Cyprus Team

Sarah Kemp

Job Titles:
  • Marketing Specialist
  • Member of the Spain Team

Sarah Lazar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Sharryn Matte

Job Titles:
  • Member of the USA Team
  • Recruitment Specialist

Sid Dharmadhikari

Job Titles:
  • Procurement Officer

Sophie Barber

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Recruitment Specialist

Stelios Kazamia

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Cyprus Team

Stylianos Kotrozos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Cyprus Team
  • Project Manager

Susanne Jovanovic

Job Titles:
  • Member of the UK Team
  • Global Recruitment Manager

Trina Davies

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Accounting

Tristan Ringham

Job Titles:
  • Accountant
  • Manager

Valerie Scheibling

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Member of the Monaco Team

Verónica Martinez Jerez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Spain Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Xavier Perrone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Technical Management

Yan Turner

Job Titles:
  • Interim CEO Hill Robinson Saudia

Yannis Zannos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Head of Technical

Zahida Gerbaud

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Assistant Recruitment Specialist

Zara Hann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant

Zoe Hann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the France Team
  • Yacht Accountant