Mike McCleery at Marine Money magazine updates me on the speakers at the annual Superyacht Finance Forum to be held on September 18th, the eve of the Monaco Yacht Show.
Firstly, our very own Nick Martin, Head of Digital at Boat International Media, will be presenting the always fascinating Sales, Purchase and New Order Scorecard for the past 12 months.
New speakers include: Hein Velema, CEO of Fraser Yachts, Ji Fu-Xing, Deputy CEO at ICBC Leasing, Vincenzo Poerio, CEO of Benetti, Jeremy Dean, Head of Shipping and Marine Finance, Investec Bank, Fan Ge and Henning Schwarzkopf, CHEURAM Consulting Group Ltd., Patrick Adamson, Chairman, MTI Network, and Olivier Rambert, Specialized Asset Finance Manager, Société Générale Equipment Finance.
A crowded agenda will feature speeches and discussion on LYBra, changes to tax regimes, the scale of opportunity in the Chinese market, creative methods of finance, new build, re-sale, and charter markets.