I have been selling boats since 1999 and have built a full brokerage business and platform called Boatshed.com. We have now brokered over 24,000 boats. My role is CEO, but my focus revolves around the fact that Yacht Brokerage needs to offer high levels of customer care at a local level: buying a boat can be enormously stressful and sometimes a logistical headache (information quality, viewings, lift outs, dealing with local contractors etc). Boatshed’s service has to fit and interconnect with national and international customer and brokerage requirements. This blend of local and International, traditional and modern is the essence of what Boatshed is all about. I also am actively involved with a range of international marine groups and initiatives such as British Marine and Asociación Nacional de Empresas Náuticas. My knowledge of business coupled with my background in customer service combined with my passion to go sailing created Boatshed.com. I am fortunate to have a great HQ team to support the business and the web based technology enables me to manage the business from anywhere. Boatshed.com ltd is a private company owned exclusively by us and benefits from having no external funding, investment or control.