Claire Tizard

Founder Claire Tizard grew up on the South Coast of the UK, and spent 9 years at sea working as a Chief Stewardess on highly reputed large private and charter yachts, before moving ashore to consult on new builds/refits and provide interior supply services to many of the world’s most prestigious yachts. 

Claire is best described as a busy yet fun loving person who greatly enjoys the variety of the job and consistently exceeding her client’s expectations.

She loves travelling to visit clients as well as skiing, running, cooking, sailing, and walking her Parson Russell Terrier, Minnie.

VALHERYA SUAREZ

Valherya hails from Spain where she grew up, however she was born in Colombia. She speaks Spanish and fluent English, and the German is a work in progress.

Val joined us as an intern then working student during her Master’s Degree in Global Supply Chain Management and Logistics. After graduation, she was appointed Operations Manager. Her role is diverse - developing our business software with the aim of improving our speed and efficiency, marketing, and assisting with HR.

She loves reading in the park, nature walks, and is an animal lover. Her favourite city in the world so far is Tokyo, although Hamburg is gaining a special place in her heart.

HARSHALA SINGH - Senior Purchaser

Harshala hails from India and speaks fluent English.

After completing an MBA in Operations, she started her career as customer service advisor in the shipping industry, and later moved to a multinational sportswear company where she worked in merchandising.

Once married, she moved to Dubai and worked in the buying department for a local home-improvement & organizing giant, at the same time continuing her studies with fashion buying & luxury retail management courses.

She loves cooking, painting and exploring new places. Well suited to Hamburg, she likes cold temperatures - and counts Reykjavík, Iceland as her favourite city.

Vasiliki Pantzartzis – senior purchaser

Vasiliki – or, Vasso - as she is known to friends and family, hails from Greece and speaks Greek, fluent English, and intermediate German which she hopes to improve in the future.

After completing a Bachelor in Business Administration at a Greek university, she moved to Maastricht, Netherlands, were she gained her MSc in International Business. She has worked in the marble mining industry in Greece and the wind energy industry in Germany.

Living and working in Hamburg has always been a dream even though she sometimes misses the Greek sunshine.

She loves reading, cats, spending time with friends, and taking long walks around Hamburg’s Alster lake.

HIEN NGO 

Hien comes from Vietnam and speaks perfect English, Vietnamese and a little German. 

With a background in Admin and Human Resources, Hien is super well organised which helps her to run the office and arrange daily administrative tasks in an effective way. 

Lucky for us, she thrives on team work and supporting her colleagues.

The Yachting Industry is new to her, but she is enjoying learning all about it.

In her free time she loves to go bouldering, reading, baking and taking care of her plants. 

Mark Baumgartl

Mark is our only born and raised Hamburger, and is bilingual German/English. 

His background in medical warehousing prepared him perfectly for the insane attention to all small details needed for checking all of the incoming orders and preparing them for delivery to yachts worldwide. 

When he is not up to his eyeballs in boxes, Mark loves long walks around the city’s Alster lake, barbequing with friends and taking care of his fluffy bunny rabbit.

Minnie

Minnie is a Parson Russell Terrier, born in Hamburg October 2020.

She doesn’t speak any languages nor does much in the way of work, but she more than makes up for it by being cute and regularly entertaining the team.

Minnie enjoys snoozing in the sunshine, being fed treats for no good reason, and playing tug-of-war with her favourite soft toy named Donald.