She grew up in the stunning and exciting city of Budapest. At the age of 18 she moved to Nice to start a challenging new life and to complete her university studies.

She obtained her degree in English and Russian and started her career as a French interpreter and translator.

After having lived in the UK and in Italy she decided to establish her home on the Riviera. She soon saw the opportunity to work in the yachting industry.

 

She started as an assistant yacht accountant and moved quickly forward to become an experienced yacht account manager for a fleet of 7 yachts, several over 60m at a prestigious management company. She took a break from her active life for three years to dedicate her time to her little son.

She joined the Arrow team as client accountant with enthusiasm to seek for new experiences and share her knowledge.

In her free time she enjoys kite surfing, diving or snowboarding. She takes any chance to look for new adventures and share the sensation of freedom with her son.

Born in Birmingham, UK you might think Yachting is an unlikely career for James however after being introduced to sailing aged 8 on the south coast of England James has never wanted to do anything else.

Throughout his childhood James spent much of his time dingy sailing and racing on lakes and reservoirs in the UK quickly qualifying as a sailing instructor by age 15. He was then re-introduced to yachting while at school and University. By the age of 21 James has relocated to the River Hamble near Southampton where he qualified as a Yacht master instructor and worked at the British Offshore Sailing School teaching Yachtmaster and racing courses. James set sail from Portsmouth as a race Skipper onboard one of 12 one design Challenge yachts on a 40,000nm race around the world. The race would take 10 months to complete, with five ocean crossings and introduced James to the challenge of the Southern Ocean.

Having completed The Global Challenge James was asked to combine his Ocean racing experience, leadership and training knowledge to develop an extensive training program to prepare amateur sailors to race around the world. While at Clipper James was responsible for training and preparing in excess of 2500 crew to race around the world.

In 2011 after 10 years of round the world yacht racing, James was asked to relocate to Antibes in the South of France where he would apply his extensive Yachting Operational and Safety management knowledge to the Superyachts industry. During the past 8 years James has worked as a consultant to owners and Captains of many of the world largest and most exclusive Yachts providing expert support, advise based on 20 years of Yachting. James now heads up the Yacht Management team at Arrow Services Monaco overseeing all management services for a large fleet.

James is solution focused and has a strong ‘can do’ attitude, he is at his best when faced with a challenging problem. He is passionate about the Ocean and is driven to ensure the Yacht owners he works with have the best Yachting experience possible.

When not working James leads a very active social life and enjoys Skiing, Sailing and Water sports with his young family.

Born in Yorkshire in the UK, Louise grew up listening to distant shortwave radio stations and her grandfather’s naval stories, and thus had her eyes on the horizon from an early age. After completing her degree at the University of London (UCL/SSEES) and post-grad studies in Finland, she moved permanently abroad aged 22 to pursue a career in the consumer electronics industry, whilst tinkering with boats in her spare time. A self-confessed geek, Louise worked on technical and maritime projects in multiple countries over the years before finally settling in Monaco, eventually becoming a build project manager and owner’s rep.

In a career spanning many different aspects of the yachting industry (new build, refit, AV/IT, customs, marketing, etc.), Louise feels she has finally arrived in her ‘home port’ of yacht management.

Louise’s passion is the ocean, its protection, and its exploration using submersibles, a subject she frequently speaks on at conferences (and recently at TEDx Monte Carlo). When out of the water, she also pursues her love of photography, and can even be found occasionally crooning with a girl group in the night spots of Monaco.