Board of Directors
Thierry Voisin - President
Chairman - The WOY
Elisabeth Niek - Vice-President
Head of Charter department – CSO Yachts
William Rizzo - Co-President
Director – Premium Yachts
Michalis Roditis
Manager - Roditis Yachting
Christiane Thomsen
Managing Director - Lunautica
Jérôme Céron
CEO and Yacht Broker - MSC YACHTING
Vincent Escallier
Business Development Director – MB92 GROUP
Magali Puppo
Charter broker – Neo Yachting
Jérôme Wydauw
Founder - W.Lease
Sophie Nordlund
Yacht Insurance - Newcoast
HONORARy members
Claude Niek -
Owner & CEO – CSO Yachts
Alex Mazzoni
CommitTees
The Finance and Treasury Committee is responsible for ensuring the financial health of the organization by monitoring and analyzing cash flows, budget management, and resource allocation.
President: Jérôme Wydauw – Treasurer
Members: Thierry Voisin, Nicolas Crulli
The Membership & Activities Committee is responsible for welcoming new members, identifying members' needs, and recommending the development of services to meet those needs.
President: William Rizzo
The purpose of this committee is to manage and organize the events produced by ECPY, such as the Open Days, Riviera Yachting Rendez-vous, Symposium etc... This committee also established the list of events in which ECPY participates as co-organizer or visitor.
President: Magali Puppo
Members: Thierry Voisin, Lucie Schmitt
The purpose of this committee is to generate the necessary studies to analyze the economic activity of Yachting in Community or non-Community waters.
President: William Rizzo
The mission of this committee is to inform both members and non-members of the actions carried out by ECPY. The objective is to convince Yachting professionals and administrations of the validity of the actions we carried out.
This committee writes the ECPY newsletters and relays them on our social networks and our website.
President: Thierry Voisin
Members: Magali Puppo, Lucie Schmitt
The brokers/managers of yachts have a great importance in the Yachting industry and for more than 30 years ECPY, privileged intermediary with the French and European authorities, has been at their side to change the laws, contracts and relations with authorities and between the main actors of yachting.
With a large number of brokers members, it was essential to create a committee of brokers to continue this long-term work.
The main topics on which the Brokers Committee is working are :
ECPY Agreements :
The brokers committee created in collaboration with the French authorities the Transportation contract in 2017 and 7 years later the ECPY Charter contract. Both contracts are based on European laws and are mainly used for navigating in the Mediterranean.
- The ECPY Transportation contract is, for the time being, only available for embarkation in France but we are working actively to make this contract widespread in other European countries.
ECPY Charter Agreement :
ECPY just launched a new charter contract based on the European laws
Relations with The Old Port of Cannes :
The broker's committee is the privileged contact with the Old Port and the Town Hall of Cannes. For more than 20 years, we have been following the evolution and are involved in changes to the procedures of allocation of port place events in Cannes.
KYC/AML :
The brokers committee also looked into and reviewed new KYC, AML and PPE regulations. We are currently exploring to then offering our members access to a KYC/AML verification platfrom.
Other projects are underway and we will update as they are executed.
President: Élisabeth Niek
Members: William Rizzo, Jérôme Ceron
This committee is involved in yacht sales and management. It drafts the necessary documents (contracts, rules, etc.), trains users, and manages tools (hotline, platforms).
The committee is also responsible for relations with ports..
President: Élisabeth Niek
Members: William Rizzo, Jérôme Ceron
The committee reviews IT projects in terms of financial, strategic, and operational benefits, manages relationships with IT service providers, and ensures that projects are defined, budgeted, managed, and implemented on time and within budget. It also establishes operational procedures for deployed tools and systems and reports on its work and forecasts to the ECPY Board of Directors.
President: William Rizzo
This committee aims to strengthen institutional and inter-professional relations in the sector, as well as to improve the image of yachting on a national, European and international scale.
Beyond regular exchanges with its contacts, this committee sets up projects concerning the actions to be taken.
President: Thierry Voisin
Members: William Rizzo, Michalis Roditis, Vincent Escalier, Christiane Thomsen
This committee deals with all matters concerning the maritime environment applicable to yachting.
The objectives of this committee are:
- Monitor and analyze changes in regulations applicable to the sector
- Represent ECPY in bodies dealing with environmental issues
- Develop relationships with relevant groups and authorities
- Formulate proposals that strike a balance between environmental concerns and economic realities.
- Develop a strategy and actions to be taken
This committee sets up projects concerning the actions to be taken.
Presidents: Thierry Voisin, William Rizzo
Members: Sophie Nordlund, Vincent Escalier
