Board of Directors
Thierry Voisin - President
Chairman - The WOY
Elisabeth Niek - Vice-President
Head of Charter department – CSO Yachts
William Rizzo - Vice-President
Executive Director – Premium Yachts
Nikolaos Patsiokas
COO - BWA Yachting
Boris De Bel
Co-Founder / CEO
CHARTER ITINERARY
Jérôme Céron
CEO and Yacht Broker - MSC YACHTING
Vincent Escallier
Business Development Director – MB92 GROUP
Vincent Huens de Brouwer
Yacht Insurance Broker, Lawyer and Owner - COVERSHIP SARL
Sarah Futhazar
Global Head of Charter - CAMPER AND NICHOLSONS
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 objective of this committee is to deal with all subjects related to laws and regulations applicable to Yachting or to Yachting professionals.
This committee comes in support of the other committees when they need legal clarifications.
Chairman : Vincent Huens de Brouwer / Contact : vhuens@covership.com
Member : Thierry Voisin
The Membership & Activities Committee is responsible for welcoming new members, identifying members' needs, and recommending the development of services to meet those needs.
Chairman : William Rizzo / Contact :
wrizzo@premium-yachts.com
Members : Elisabeth Niek, Nikolaos Patsiokas
This committee deals with all matters concerning the maritime environment applicable to yachting.
Chairman : Sophie Nordlund / Contact : sophie.nordlund@newcoast.com
Members : Thierry Voisin, William Rizzo, Jérôme Céron
This committee aims to establish collaborations with yachting organizations in EU and non-EU countries and assist in the formation of yachting professional groups in countries where nothing has been established yet.
Chairman : Nikolaos Patsiokas/Contact : n.patsiokas@bwayachting.com
Members : William Rizzo, Boris de Bel, Vincent Huens de Brouwer
The purpose of this committee is to generate the necessary studies to analyze the economic activity of Yachting in Community or non-Community waters.
Chairman : Nikolaos Patsiokas/Contact : n.patsiokas@bwayachting.com
Members : William Rizzo, Boris de Bel
Members : Jérôme Wydau, Jeremy Solodilow, Pascal Grosjean, Marc Mellino
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.
Chairman : Thierry Voisin / Contact : president@ecpy.org
Member : Lucie Schmitt
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.
Chairman : Magali Puppo / Contact : magali.puppo@neoyachting.com
Members : Thierry Voisin, Lucie Schmitt, Elisabeth Niek, Frédéric Crétin
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.
Chairman : Elisabeth Niek / Contact : elisabeth@csoyachts.com
Members : Sarah Futhazar, Louise Bunce, Rachel Coles, Fiona Leonis, William Rizzo, Jérôme Céron
The Shipyard and Contractors Committee will monitor regulatory changes at the EU and international levels. We will highlight and inform our members of any EU directives or IMO resolutions that could impact our industry. Experts from the industry will provide summarized information through newsletters.
Shipyard tours and contractor visits will be offered to our members. We will also work closely with the Sustainability Committee and help to liaise with other associations.
Members : Bruno Ricard, Albert Willemsen
Chairman : Sarah Futhazar / Contact : sfuthazar@camperandnicholsons.com
