Superyacht Investor London 2026
Thank you to all our sponsors, delegates and speakers for making Superyacht Investor London our best conference yet. Please see below the agenda for both days, presentations and materials used in the conference room this year. Please click on the title of the session to download the presentation.
Here is a link to the photo album for SYI London 2026.
Videos will be available soon!
09:05 Running the numbers
Trends, figures and factors across superyacht segments
Richard Lambert, Burgess
09:25 Wealth Check: the global millionaire migration
Where is money moving?
How can countries attract wealth?
How could it shift yachting hubs?
Stuart Wakeling, Henley & Partners
09:45 The rise of construction financing
Analysing the risks for financiers
How banks pick yards and projects?
Equity release from replacement yachts
Moderator: Eric Lewin, AIC Global
Steven Hawkins, JP Morgan Private Bank
Panos Pourgourides, Hill Dickinson
Marsha van Buitenen, Feadship
Chris Anderson, Robert Allen Law
John Stephens, JB Capital
11:00 Buying the Heesen shipyard
Laurens Last, Heesen
11:20 Inside the dynamics of a tripartite agreement
Buyer vs financier vs manager
Who has the power?
Moderator: Ian Hughes, HFW
Olivier Blanchet, BNP Paribas
Giovanna Cabbi, Clyde & Co
Ryan Green, Burgess
12:00 Inside the Red Team
Jamie Edmiston, Edmiston
Bob Allen, Robert Allen Law
12:20 Owning: the narrative
Moderator: Benjamin Maltby, Keystone Law
Michael Breman, Lurssen
Reda Bedjaoui, P3 Marine
Kevin Laverty, Hill Robinson
14:00 Why helicopters are not flying tenders
Putting helicopters at the start of new builds
Understanding the real risks of offshore operations
Making space for maintenance
Which yards really understand rotary assets?
Moderator: Alex Sayegh, HFW
Richard Selby, Maritime Aviation
Dr Simon Mitchell, Starspeed
Phil Noad, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry
14:40 Thinking outside the box
Looking beyond yachting for inspiration
Strategies to break the norm
Farouk Nefzi, Feadship
15:30 Speaking the language of the family office
Moderator: Ian Petts, Martyn Fiddler
Felicia Andjel, Kitson Yachts
Carmen Lau, Camper & Nicholsons
Nic Arnold, JTC Private Office
Robbie Winders, Family Office
16:10 Designing for resale and charter
Nicolas Fry, Hill Robinson
John Vickers, Vickers Studio
Will Christie, Christie Yachts
Stephen Hills, Pendennis Shipyard Ltd
Pendennis: Designing for resale and charter
16:50 Alternative banking for the superyacht lifecycle
Safeguarded, regulated, hedged and transparent
Jane Turner, Centtrip
Sarah Gooding, Centtrip
17:10 Champagne Roundtable discussions sponsored by Centtrip
Further discussion on key topics
09:35 Surveying the state of yachting
Headwinds & pain points
Opportunities across the industry
Moderator: Rob Hodgetts, Superyacht Investor
Stefan Zimmermann Zschocke, Oyster Yachts
Anders Kurtén, Fraser
Chris Cecil-Wright, Cecil Wright
10:35 The anatomy of buying a shipyard
Micca Ferrero, Icon Yachts
11:35 Understanding ownership structures
Why do owners use corporate ownership for yachts?
Where does the buck stop?
The choice of jurisdictions and SPV types
Management/Control and the use of Nominees
Moderator: Sarah Allan, Penningtons Manches Cooper
Bruce Maltwood, Praxis
Umberto Bonavita, Robert Allen Law
Hugo Jacquot, Fort Insurance
Richard Elliot, Boodle Hatfield
12:10 Armada Club
Claire Hagen, Armada Club
12:30 Has Globalism failed?
The next three years of President Trump beyond….
The implication for yachting
Bob Allen, Robert Allen Law
Robb Maass, Alley, Maass, Rogers & Lindsay
Luca Lanzalone, Lanzalone Costantini & Partners
John Leonida, Wordley Partnership
14:20 Mercy Ships: Mercy at Sea
Bryce Wagner, Mercy Ships
14:30 Value has shifted “Experience”
Hristo Dafnopatidis, RMK Yachts
14:50 Selling to jet customers
What yachting can learn from business aviation
Transactions, law, finance
Moderator: Alasdair Whyte, Superyacht Investor
James Jaffa, Jaffa & Co.
Stefan Roell, UBS
Paul Jebely, Sterlington
Steve Varsano, The Jet Business
15:30 Making money from charter
Nico Fry, Hill Robinson
15:45 Regulatory Updates
Phil Noad, Cayman Islands Shipping Registry
