The superyacht »establishment« is being shaken up and challenged by younger owners but still the big industry names dominate, their brand strength and sheer expertise winning. Some struggled to win orders nevertheless and Blohm + Voss Yachts being taken over by Lürssen is an example of an established name slipping. Camper & Nicholsons International has changed ownership - since its Rodriguez Group takeover in the noughties - more times than Donald Trump has changed his White House communications staff. Now with 50/50 Italian (Fincantieri) and Chinese (Lai Sun Development) ownership one can only imagine the dynamics in C&N board meetings. Its latest restructuring includes the appointment of Fabio Er-metto as CCO to reposition the brokerage firm as »not just a brokerage Company«.
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