Yacht Femme

Meet Mirta Lupi Retail Charter Broker at Fraser Yachts. She works arranging experiences designed to give wealthy people the ultimate luxury experience onboard yachts. Mirta works at one the leading brokerage companies and yacht service provider in the world, Fraser yachts. Mirta is Italian and grew up between Italy and France. In 2004 she got hired as a translator at Rodriguez Group, a yacht broke...

Meet Andrea Tagliaferro Marketing Strategist, Founder of Yacht Dame and host of Yacht Femme Andrea focuses on creating digital media strategies for companies and individuals. She studied Architecture and Interior design, and speaks 3 languages. She began her yachting career in 2013, assisting sales brokers and working as yacht crew. She moved to yacht design, working in shipbuilding for 4 years, t...

Meet Pascale an award-winning yacht interior and exterior designer In 2001 she established Reymond Langton with her partner Andrew Langton, after working multiple years designing superyachts. Pascale overseas the design studio, seeing projects from conception to their final stage. Pascale has a diverse creative background. She gained a Master's in Art History from La Sorbonne. Studi...

Meet Janey Dorreman, project manager and director of The A Group's Amsterdam office. She focuses on developing their Netherland business, growing their team and managing yacht interior builds. Janey studied Office Management, International Business and Languages. She began her maritime career doing oil rig conversions, and later switched to yacht interior builds. She worked for 10 years at De Kler...

Meet Sandra Jordaan Mentor, Coach and Founder of The Yacht Purser & The Yacht Crew Coach. Sandra began her yachting career in 2006, after graduating from university. For a decade she worked as a chief stewardess and yacht purser, on some of the most prominent yacht charters. Sandra travelled to all seven continents,  and now is a sought-after career coach, mentor and teacher for yacht cre...

Lindsay started her yachting career in 2013, focusing on crew uniforms. In 2017 she joined forces with Lauren Cotton founder of Cotton Crews, to further develop their crew placement department in West Palm Beach, Florida. Since then Cotton Crews has been recognized as one of the 'best in the business'. - VIDEO PODCAST: YouTube: https://youtu.be/36oX0MNK7Po IGTV:  https://www.instagram.com/tv/...

Marcela is the owner of Onboard consulting in Monaco. She specializes in corporate strategies for yachting companies, she has done the business development for ICON Yachts shipyard in the Netherlands, founder of YPY Monaco, and if you follow her on Instagram she is always on the water! She is currently developing a new superyacht hub in Genoa, writing the first textbook in yachting and always keep...

Sara is responsible for communicating Hessen's latest news  delivering valuable content to the yachting industry and people outside the industry. She is in charge of the shipyard's digital content, social media, photography, and video creation. In 2005 Sara joined the Perini Navi shipyard, then moved to the Gruppo Baglietto. And in 2009 she became Heesen's PR and Press office manager, where s...

Throwback to Yacht Femme's first interview Lea Tintaud is a yacht charter broker based in Monaco at 'John Taylor Yachting'.  She has worked as crew on boats,  achieved a master while being a yachtie, lived the life of an entrepreneur, worked with one the biggest  yacht brokerage companies in the world and more ... Video Podcast: YouTube: https://youtu.be/zI9hEQLo_e0 IGTV:   htt...

Learn how Lauren Cotton the founder of Cotton Crews established her company as a leader in the industry. Cotton Crews is a yacht crew placement and housing company. Lauren began her yachting career 14 years ago, she worked as a marketer at Rybovich shipyard, sold charters at a brokerage and now is a successful female entrepreneur. She founded Cotton Crews in 2013, and since then they have housed o...

Vivika Bellmann is a Private Clients Manager at Döhle Yachts, experts in superyacht support and service Vivika began her maritime career in shipping, in 2009. She joined the Döhle Group in 2011, as Chartering and Sales Manager. She was responsible for negotiating and finalizing contracts for the Döhle-owned fleet within the worldwide cargo industry. In 2018 she moved into managing Dohle Yachts pri...

Tamara Gramberg is in charge of PR and Digital Marketing for the German shipyard Lurssen.  She is also the president of 'YPY' Young Professionals in Yachting, the German Chapter. Tamara Studied Law and Business but ultimately made her way to Marketing in the yachting industry. Video Podcast: YouTube: https://youtu.be/SLWcc0mWB64 IGTV: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CFOFz8sAbRn/?utm_source=ig_we...

Meet Georgina the pro-athlete, sales rock-star and one of the humblest people I have met. Georgina is a partner at Burgess. She works in regional business development , focusing on strategy in developing markets worldwide and their regional offices, with a substantial emphasis on their operations in Asia and Dubai.   Georgina joined Burgess in 2003, where she first worked in charter (man...

Meet Veronika, a yacht designer and trained architect. She has worked in some of the industries top yacht design and architecture offices for over 15 years. Veronika now owns and runs Gill Schmid Design in New York. She has worked in all aspects of her field, designing residential and commercial spaces, as well as yachts. Video Podcast: YouTube: https://youtu.be/tbsWEf1ksWc IGTV: http://bit.ly/IGT...

Meet Gemma a Super Yacht Chief Stewardess and Yachting Lifestyle Blogger. She is the founder of 'The Yacht Stew' blog, podcast host, winner of the Acrew Yachting awards and contributor of the 'Crew Library' Video Podcast: YouTube: http://bit.ly/YT-Gemma-Hulbert IGTV: http://bit.ly/IGTV-Gemma-Hulbert FOLLOW GEMMA: https://theyachtstew.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheYachtStew/ Podcast:...