Young Professionals in Yachting

Board of Directors - South Florida

John Jarvie

President

Born and raised in San Diego, California, John Jarvie has had a connection with the ocean his entire life. Before he could walk, John spent weekends aboard his Grandfather's 65" CT Ketch and his father's 68" Bertram.

John left California to play Division I soccer and study business in Washington D.C. John is still such a football (soccer) fanatic that he travels to the World Cup every 4 years, having been in Germany (2006) and South Africa (2010) and is looking forward to Brazil in 2014. While at University, he also minored in Music and became proficient at several instruments including the guitar, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, ukulele, piano, and melodica.

After graduating, John anxiously moved back to San Diego to become the 4th generation of his family to work at Oversea Yacht Insurance. He helped his father expand the company throughout the west coast, as well as opening an office location in Kona, Hawaii.

When John realized the potential to seize an opportunity in 2009, he moved to Fort Lauderdale overnight to open the Bahia Mar office as Vice President of Oversea. John joined Young Professionals in Yachting at the start of their 2nd year, and immediately appreciated the personal and corporate benefits that YPY offered. He served as Vice President of YPY for a year and then stepped in as President to continue growing the organization.

Since his Presidency, the organization has grown from 40 to 100 members with divisions in South Florida and Monaco. "We are the future of yachting...the ultimate goal is to create an International network to support and connect all young professionals in yachting, while continuing to teach and promote honesty, ethics, and good business practices" . John is excited to see the growth and positive changes that have taken place in the last year, and looks forward to the future success and growth of the organization.

Alan Murphy

Vice President

Alan Murphy, Jr. is vice president of Pioneer Linens Yacht & Estate Division. A fourth generation member of a family business established in 1912, Alan grew up involved with Pioneer Linens and founded the Yacht & Estate Division in 2006. As vice president, he carries the overall responsibility for the success of the business, heading up sales, coordinating manufacturing, relationship building, marketing and general operations.

The Palm Beach resident stays involved with his community as Board member, as the past Chair of Board of Directors for AMI Kids Palm Beach, and he also served on the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement.

Alan holds a major in business management from Palm Beach Atlantic University. He is a member of the Florida Yacht Builders Association (FYBA), The Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Young Friends of the Palm Beach Historical Society, Young Professionals in Yachting Chair of Professional Development committee, and he founded the Palm Beach Atlantic University Lacrosse program.

Sarah Poland

Treasurer

I was born and raised in central Ohio. After graduating from The Ohio State University in Interior Design, I moved to Chicago to pursue my career in design, and to chase after greater opportunities. For 2 years, I worked at Crate & Barrel as a department manager/store designer.

I had a wonderful opportunity to move to Germany for 6 months; so, being the risk-taker that I am and having a passion for traveling, I made the move to Bonn, Germany. During my 6 month stay, I took a German language course and traveled all around Europe. Later, I moved to Miami.

I started working with a company, Baldwin Yacht Interiors, as an Interior Designer. This is where I fell in love with the yacht industry, and where I felt I had finally found my niche. Working with Baldwin Yacht Interiors gave me great experience, and gave me the opportunity to move forward in my next job at StellarPM as an Interior Coordinator.

My role at StellarPM was to manage the interiors during refits, and to offer any interior design services to the client if they had not already been appointed one. I also had the chance to dabble in the sales department, meeting with the local brokers, captains and other potential clients in the industry.

I am now a Yacht Manager for Hill Robinson USA, where I am learning a completely different side of the industry. My roles are offering support for the captains and crew, assisting in refits, and tracking our vessels class and flag certifications. After taking a course at MPT, I am now learning the ISM (International Safety Management) of our vessels.

Alastair Callender

Membership

Alastair grew up a stone's throw away from his sailing club in Chichester Harbour in the UK, which has nurtured an absolute passion for all things nautical from a young age. Highlights of Alastair's early career include winning a Music Scholarship to Cranleigh School (UK) and being presented the Sir Peter Blake Award for achievement in sailing. After working as a Watersports instructor in Greece, Alastair founded Coventry University's Sailing Club; he later became President of the Watersports Club. Alastair graduated from Coventry University (UK), as Yacht Designer of the Year and gained a 1st Class Honours Degree in Yacht Design.

After expanding his experience with five leading design studios, Alastair set up his own superyacht design company in 2008. Within two years of founding the company, Alastair won numerous internationally recognized innovation and design awards for his highly acclaimed work. Accolades and honors include winning the International Superyacht Society (ISS) Excellence in Innovation, Award of Distinction in 2010.

Alastair has been invited to speak as an authority on design at international conferences, present his work at the most prestigious global events and shows within the superyacht arena and within other related industries.

In 2011, Alastair moved to Florida to become Creative Director of Sanlorenzo Americas, bringing a wealth of creative talents, global marketing campaigns and international public speaking experience to the Americas team of Sanlorenzo Yachts.

In 2012 he was appointed onto the Board of Directors of Young Professionals in Yachting, where he enjoys shaping the future of an industry that he is passionate about.

Andrew High

Andrew High handles both transactional and litigation matters focused mainly in the area of Pleasure Boating & Yachting. Mr. High has worked on a wide range of maritime matters including managing vessel closings, new construction contracts, charter agreements, crew agreements, yacht documentation, vessel litigation and arbitration, and reviewing both marine lending documents and marine insurance contracts.

Mr. High manages vessel closings for both the Buyer and the Owner, negotiates and drafts new construction contracts, vessel financing agreements, crew agreements and various other maritime contracts. Mr. High also practices insurance defense litigation and corporate law.

Mr. High is involved in a number of professional organizations, including the Florida Yacht Broker's Association, the Fort Lauderdale Mariner's Club, Young Professionals in Yachting, and others. He also serves on the Board of Directors for AMIKids Greater Ft. Lauderdale, serving to better the education of troubled youths in part through teaching the principles of boating and seamanship.

Board of Directors - Monaco

Marcela Royer

President

Marcela Royer originally from Guatemala but based in Monaco, she is the CSO for I.T Moves IT the providers of the new yacht management software. She holds a degree in Finance and Business Administration, from both International University of Monaco and University of Miami.

Marcela started her yachting career as sales at Sea Vision, selling underwater lights. That is why she has a complete coverage and knowledge of the industry from suppliers, shipyards, to captains, yacht managers all the way to corporate structure providers, lawyers and specially yacht owners.

Marcela has participated in literally almost every yachting event worldwide with her ability to speak fluent in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and currently learning German.

Gaining her high reputation in the yachting industry, she is now the President of the European Young Professionals in Yachting Association. She is young, motivated and passionate about improving yachting industry from a ethical responsible approach to a more sustainable business.

Lisa Peck

Vice President

Lisa grew up on the south coast of England where she started sailing on the local village creek at an early age. After studying European Business with French at Nottingham University which involved spending a year on the south coast of France Lisa decided to return to continue working on her French and has never looked back.

Her first job was as a Bi-lingual Communications Assistant at the Yacht Club de Monaco, where she was introduced to the world of superyachts. After a couple of years she joined the global marketing team of an international IT company where she developed her marketing skills further before returning to the world of yachting.

Lisa joined the then fledgling company Y.CO, where she remained for 5 years developing the new brand and heading up the marketing team of the rapidly growing business. In 2011 she decided to join the ranks of Fraser Yachts, the leading superyacht brokerage company, where she could manage more international marketing activities. As part of the global marketing team she oversees the marketing for Europe and the emerging markets, allowing her to combine her passion for both travel and yachting.

Peter Murray

Secretary

I am half Scottish, half Corsican and was fortunate enough to be born on one of the most beautiful shores of the Mediterranean, in Monaco. My father hand built my first boat on our balcony when I was four years old (it was an Optimist named "Henry"), and since then I have enjoyed sailing along the beautiful Côte d'Azur on various boats as well as in Devon and on the Solway Firth in Scotland.

I began working in yacht sales, charter and yacht management in 2005, under the wing of senior broker James Munn (currently with Fraser Yachts), in what was to become Ocean Independence. I had had several experiences where my Clients would not buy the yachts they wanted due to the impossibility of finding a "home" for them. It was frustrating for them and for me. Using my local knowledge of the area, I dug into the problem to solve the issue and realised how complex it was for everyone.

In 2007, I joined Inwards Marine, one of the leading "berth brokerage" companies, and specialised in this field to the extent that some gave me the nickname of "Mr. Berth". After years of successful business in this sector, I realised that the lack of transparency and efficiency, as well as unethical practices made possible in this market, was a limiting factor for the overall growth of the industry. We needed more efficient tools to buy or to sell berths with greater transparency.

In mid-2012, my answer was to start creating MooringSpot.com, which is an online database of ports and berths which yacht owners and yacht brokers can use as a better tool to buy and sell berths in accordance with a Code of Ethics, which resembles those that are in place throughout the rest of the industry.

I believe the future generations of yachting professionals have great challenges ahead of them. They have much to learn from their elders and they will also need to be innovative to resolve issues which can only grow in our industry. Every summer now, I see a dark mask of pollution along the horizon at sunset, which was not there when I was a child. I feel we all need to resolve this. I also find that in a more interconnected world, Clients need brokers less and less as "go-betweens" but more for their expertise and the value they bring. I feel we all need to improve on this.