Personal data Ron Kleverlaan
Ron Kleverlaan
Hameau des Bertrands,
83340 Le Thoronet,
France
Tel : +33 494 67 68 34 (private)
Tel: +33 494 17 60 40 (office)
Fax : +33 494 17 60 39
Fax2:+31 202 01 01 17
Cell: +33 680 32 79 54
Birth Date : 12-02-1967
Place : Alkmaar, The Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
Marial Status: Married since 1992
Children ; 3 children
Maritime Academy in IJmuiden Holland;
Seaman’s book nr. A 104685
Operators General Certificate of Proficiency in Radiotelephony
Certificate for Firefighting and protective measures
Certificate for Knowledge of safety procedures and the use of the appropriate equipment
Certificate for Survival at Sea and the use of survival equipment.
Diploma Marine Surveyor at the Lloyd’s Maritime Academy in London England with accreditations in Yacht Surveying and Marine Environmental Surveying.
Lloyds Academy accreditations in Surveying of Superyachts, Marine Engineering, International Safety Management Audits.
Good computer skills, Windows NT Server, Exchange, Proxy, Word, Excel, Outlook, Explorer, Adobe, Some CAD programs.
Languages: English (fluently) French (fluently) German (fluently verbal) Dutch (mother tong) some Italian (understand 75% speak 30%,)
Drivers License B+C
Diving License PADI Advanced
Relevant Memberships:
Interests:
Family. Sport; cycling, mountain biking , sailing, windsurfing, hiking and auto sport. Nature. Health. Reading. Technology.
Professional experience:
1988-Running a windsurf centre in Greece on the island of Evia
1988/89 -Working as a Ski-Guide in Austria/Switzerland
1989-Running a windsurf/catamaran centre in Zandvoort, Holland
1990-1991 Running a beach restaurant in Bergen, Holland
1992-Established a company for the design and realization of gardens in Holland
1993-Acquired our main supplier for the hard materials and transformed this into a new company for the realization of infrastructure, roads, and pavement in gardens, terraces.
1994-Moved the company to new facilities and changed activities from realization to supplier (wholesale) of hard materials for gardens, infrastructures, road works, etc.
1996-Started a shop-in-shop project in the large garden centers in the northern part of Holland under the name Stoneshop that became the largest supplier of hard materials for gardens in the Northern part of Holland.
1997-Sold the company and left to the South of France to work as a yacht broker for a company called Boats-Diffusion in Ste Maxime selling small motor and sailing yachts up to 60ft.
1998-2000-yacht brokerage for De Valk Yachts France from office in Antibes selling average size motor and sailing yachts up to 100 ft, involved in setting up a charter department.
2000-2003 setting up and running of my own yacht brokerage and yacht management office located in St.Tropez for yachts from 70ft and over called Waterman Exclusive Yacht Services sarl.
Selling yachts from 70ft –200ft , managing yachts up to 200 ft, and supporting with operational matters, accounting, VAT matters, registration of yachts and set up of offshore structures. Offering yacht service to yachts visiting St.Tropez.We have been working with about 100 different yachts for our services.
We have been involved in several refits and new builds supervising and owners representations.
2001-in this period I became involved in a project to set-up a super-yacht refit and service center in the Toulon area. Among the activities: finding venture capital for the project, making financial forecasts, writing business plan, discussion with local authorities, the French government, finding commercial partners (yards and suppliers). The project (foreseen on a military site near Toulon) has been canceled because of political changes and due to the 9/11 attacks in New York.
2003-2005- Working as a freelance-consultant for Royal Denship AS to support brokers and clients, with design, technical specifications, budgeting , TAX issues and registration matters.
2005-2008 Function as freelance Executive Advisor for Lantic Systems AS which is a successful company for the development and integration of yacht entertainment systems and cabin automation on superyachts. This function was part-time and I did this next to my work as yacht consultant and marine-surveyor.
Since 2005 I have been focusing on my work as yacht consultant, owners representative and project manager on new builds and refits.
Some references:
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30 mtr motoryacht (shadowvessel) |
purchase/refit/tax/registration/re-class/sale |
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23 mtr motoryacht (Cantieri Arno) |
purchase/refit/tax/registration/full management |
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22 mtr motoryacht (San Lorenzo) |
purchase/upgrade/full management |
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24 mtr motoryacht (Benetti) |
purchase/3x refit/2x resale/full management |
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46 mtr motoryacht (Feadship) |
management/operational assistance |
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50 mtr motoryacht (Botje Ensink) |
partial management/operational assistance |
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33 mtr motoryacht (Benetti) |
purchase/surveys/tax/reg./full management |
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43 mtr motoryacht (Royal Denship) |
partial management/operational assistance |
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34 mtr sailingyacht (Royal Denship) |
partial management/operational assistance |
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63 mtr motoryacht (Royal Denship) |
partial management/operational assistance |
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24 mtr motoryacht serie (Royal Denship) |
development/design input/operational assistance |
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30 mtr motoryacht (Royal Denship) |
development/design input/operational assistance |
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34 mtr motoryacht (Azimut) |
Pre-purchase survey |
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47 mtr motoryacht (ISA) |
Purchase survey/repair supervision |
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40 mtr motoryacht (FIPA) |
Project management |
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52 mtr motoryacht (Amels) |
Yard negotiations/technical specifications/Owners rep/project management/accounting/tax/full management |
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64 mtr motoryacht (Feadship) |
Specifications/ shared project management/website for owner with project information |
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72mtr motoryacht (conversion) |
Existing hull to be converted into 80mtr motoryacht./advise and consultancy |