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Dear ISS Member:

For the 2017 election cycle, you will elect eight (8) Board positions, each for three (3) years. Vote for eight (8) individuals from the list of candidates on this page. Complete biographies—for End-of-Term and Nominated Directors—follow. Please be reminded that all candidates have been nominated by their peers and voting is a privilege of ISS membership.

Your completed ballot must be received at ISS’s office not later than midnight EST 3 February 2017.

End-of-Term Directors

_____Erin Ackor—Moore & Company, P.A.

3-Year Director; ISS Treasurer; Executive Committee

_____Andrew Doole—Show Management

Multi-Year Director; Gala Committee; Platinum Sponsor

_____JP Shipman—Allen Harbor Marina

3-Year Director; Marketing and Membership Committees

_____Norma Trease—Yacht Knowledge

Multi-Year Director; Executive Committee; Board Representative; Treasurer; Numerous Committees

_____Derik Wagner—Wagner & Associates

3-Year Director; ISS President; Numerous Committees

Nominated Directors

_____Capt. Glen Allen—Fleet Miami

_____Paris Baloumis—Oceanco

_____Paolo Bianchi—MDL Marinas

_____Stephen Crone—AYC Superyacht Recruitment

_____Jim Gilbert—Christensen Shipyards, LLC

_____John Jarvie—Oversea Insurance

_____Kristen Klein—Northrop & Johnson

_____Christina Norris—Oversee Yachts

_____Capt. Brendan O’Shannassy—KATANA GmbH

_____Bob Saxon—MarineMax Yachts

_____Robert van Tol—SYBAss

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2017 Election Ballot—Nominee Biographies

End-of-Term Directors

Erin Ackor—Moore & Company, P.A. ISS Board for three years; ISS Treasurer; Executive Committee Erin Ackor is a Partner at the maritime and aviation law firm Moore & Co, P.A., located in Miami,

Florida, where she has been serving clients for more than 12 years, since Moore & Co. opened its

doors in 2004. Erin is the current Treasurer of the ISS and has been a board member since 2014.

Erin also serves on the Admiralty Law Committee of the Florida Bar, as well as being a member of

the Maritime Law Association and the Florida Yacht Brokers Association.

Erin spent several years as a professional crew member on board several different sailing

yachts, transiting both the Panama and Suez Canals and sailing to numerous international

destinations, before deciding to attend Maine Maritime Academy.

Following her graduation from Maine Maritime Academy, Erin worked for both bulk and

container cargo services, including Lykes Lines Limited headquartered in Tampa, Florida, before

going to law school and joining Moore & Co.

Since joining Moore & Co., Erin has represented clients in both transactional and litigation

matters, primarily devoting her practice to advising clients in connection with vessel acquisition

and sales, new construction, regulatory compliance, vessel finance, refurbishment and repair,

chartering, registration and corporate structuring, crew employment issues and local customs and sales/use tax issues.

Andrew Doole—Show Management Multi-Year Director; Gala Committee; Platinum Sponsor

Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Show Management Inc., Andrew has been with the company since 1982, and has been involved through Show Management, Inc. and the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show with the International Superyacht Society since its first official meeting at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show 25 years ago.

JP Shipman—Allen Harbor Marina ISS Board for three years; Marketing and Membership Committees

JP Shipman is an avid yachtsman with over four decades of offshore maritime experience. He

specializes in buyer representation and yacht management consultation but is equally adept at

captaining large power and sailing yachts.

Shipman’s main goal is to exceed expectations via service, commitment, loyalty, hard work

and has built tight relationships with captains and crew so that the complex transition of yacht

ownership continues to run smoothly long after the sale.

He also continually strives to expand his knowledge—he is currently enrolled at Harvard

Business School—and working towards a diploma in Superyacht Operations from the Maritime

Training Academy in the UK so the he can offer his best support to buyers and sellers in their

mission to achieve maximum value for their advisement.

When not consulting, Shipman can be found working as a lead cast member/producer for the

movie series entitled OnTheLine - Extreme Sailing, or with his family on the ocean in search of

harbours and spectacular yachts.

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JP Shipman has previously been employed by Nantucket Yacht Sales, Northrop and Johnson Yachts and Ships, Camper and

Nicholsons International USA Palm Beach along other serving on the ISS Board of Directors for three years.

Most recently, Shipman has been involved in marina development, management, yachting product distribution and superyacht consultation globally.

Norma Trease—Yacht Knowledge Multi-Year Director; Executive Committee; Board Representative; Treasurer; Numerous

Committees

Norma Trease is a veteran of the large yacht industry with over 30 years of experience, beginning as yacht crewmember, as an early pioneer in crew placement, and she is a well-known journalist in yacht and financial press. Over the past decade, she has worked as a business development and marketing specialist, helping numerous large international firms access and enhance their yacht portfolios. Her company Yacht Knowledge specializes in strategic planning, executive placement, marina and commercial development. One of the earliest members of the International Superyacht Society, she has served as a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board of Directors, as Treasurer and Vice-President. She lives in Fort Lauderdale, FL and Antibes, France.

Derik Wagner—Wagner & Associates ISS Board for three years; ISS President; Numerous Committees

Derik Wagner brings more than 15 years of global sales and management experience

and is recognized in the yachting industry for his role as Managing Director of MTN’s

Yacht Service business where he led the company to the top of their game achieving

recognition as the preferred supplier of global managed VSAT services for the

superyacht industry. Derik joined MTN in 2007 and by 2010 was servicing more than 50

percent of the world’s largest yachts with MTN broadband communications. The MTN

Yacht services business maintained this success through Derik’s tenure and in 2015 he

served on the executive team responsible for selling the company to EMC, Emerging

Market Communications. He accepted his new position as Senior Vice President at EMC

and President of the MTN Yacht Services Business Unit. It was shortly realized, however,

that Derik had a greater vision and desired a more independent role in the industry.

He is now providing technology and communications consultancy as Wagner &

Associates. Derik’s ultimate goal is to remove the complexity from technology to provide

elegant and seamless solutions, enabling users to enjoy “connectasy” or ecstatic

connectivity wherever they may be, whether on a yacht, plane, home, or any destination

in the world.

Derik is currently serving his third and final year of his three-year term as

International Superyacht Society President. His main goal has been to grow ISS’s

membership by streamlining and clarifying its value proposition to members. He has been working on a collaboration with

superyacht builders to elevate the ISS Gala to a world class event that represents the leadership and design recognition it

awards. In order to ensure sustainability and excellence for this industry, he has been a voice for a larger campaign to promote

the yachting lifestyle to potential new yachting enthusiasts.

Prior to joining MTN in 2007, he served as senior account manager with France Telecom Mobile Satellite

Communications (FTMSC) where he managed over 30 distributors throughout the Americas for mobile satellite services,

representing Inmarsat, Iridium, and Thuraya Equipment and Airtime. Previously, Derik worked on the first VoIP gateways and

Softswitch technology as an engineer with Lucent Technologies.

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Derik graduated with a B.S. in Management Information Systems from the University of South Florida. He was a founding

member and served on the Board of the U.S. Superyacht Association (USSA) from 2007 – 2011, and again from 2013 -2014. He

has served on the board of the International Superyacht Society since 2014, and is currently serving his third term as president.

He is a previous Anchor Member of the MIASF, Marine Industries Association of South Florida. Derik is a USCG licensed Captain

and currently lives in South Florida with his wife and son.

Nominated Directors

Captain Glen Allen—Fleet Miami

As Fleet Captain for Fleet Miami, I manage nine yachts. I have been a professional

captain for 28 years, for both Sailing and Motor Yachts. It has been a very exciting,

hard, rewarding and fun experience.

Born in Biloxi, Mississippi, my first job at 12, was working for my grandfather at his

oil and ice dock in the summers selling bait and renting boats.

At age 16, I started sailing offshore races to Mexico and Florida. We moved to

Arkansas where I went to school and worked part-time, learning new sailing skills in

the fluky, inconsistent winds of the lakes that taught me how to read the wind.

I joined the U.S. Coast Guard in 1978, and was assigned to search & rescue patrols

in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on an 82’ patrol boat operating between the U.S.V.I. and the

Dominican Republic.

In 1980, I was transferred to Houston, Texas, as a vessel traffic operator for the Houston and Galveston ship channels, a

challenging and educational position. After an honorable discharge, I remained in Houston selling folding trimarans and

teaching sailing until I moved back to Mississippi where I obtained an advanced captain’s license. Answering a Sail magazine

advertisement for a captain’s position, I met the boss in Miami, Florida, accepted the job and took on my first command as

captain, fell in love, married my boss and entered the world of professional yachting on a 65’ motorsailer.

I have extensive experience in the charter yacht industry, first in the Florida Keys, then in the Virgin Islands. From charter

yachts to private

sailboats and on to private motor yachts, I have cruised the Caribbean, U.S. Northeast, Alaska, Mexico, Panama Canal, the

Mediterranean as well as other countries. I was build captain for a Sparkman & Stephens 96’ sailboat built in the U.S., a 220’

Lürssen yacht built in Germany and a 147’ Feadship yacht built in Holland. I have overseen numerous yacht refits and

improvement projects. And, after all of this, I find the most satisfaction in my life’s career is now being able to mentor new and

upcoming young people interested in yachting careers.

On the more personal side, I like to read, fly fish, keep current with meteorology, watch car racing, try new culinary

experiences, take adventures to new places around the world and sail on my 18’ sailboat.

Paris Baloumis—Oceanco

Paris Baloumis is the Group Marketing Manager of Oceanco, living in Monaco. Paris is

Greek, was brought up in the Netherlands and holds a MSc degree in Business

Administration from the Erasmus University in the Netherlands and studied Political

Science in Ottawa. Since 2005, Paris has held various positions at Oceanco. Prior to being

Marketing Manager, he had the dual responsibility of being Manager of Oceanco’s

Fleet—liaising with the captains and crew of all the yachts Oceanco has built since its

inception— as well as being Public Relations Manager—communicating with

international press on an ongoing basis. Having been an integral part of the company’s

growth, Paris is well apprised of what is happening in the marine industry and world

market.

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Paolo Bianchi—MDL Marinas

Born in the UK in 1969 by an English mother and Italian father, Paolo has dual nationality and has grown up benefitting from both cultures, ranging from the involvement in the family businesses to farming and architecture, from being a junior sailing instructor to a special guard in the Italian Air Force. Qualified as a Quantity Surveying and Architect specializing in building control,

evaluation and urban planning. After managing a construction company in Italy, Paolo

became founding partner of a UK base architect-engineering practice. He managed and

was involved in various developments and projects in England, throughout Italy and

the Italian islands, in Giglio and the northern and southern areas of Sardinia, including

the management of a large international airport scheme in central Italy.

In 2006/7 when approached by MDL, he started an analysis of the Italian market

and developed the setup of the Italian branch of MDL Marinas.

He has been involved in all the major consultancy projects of MDL and the business

development of the group in the Med. As well as management skills, Paolo brings the

marina industry a systematic approach in terms of site identification and evaluation,

product definition and business planning.

With his colleagues, he created the ground-breaking mathematical model MEMA (Marina Evaluation Method and Approach).

Paolo has worked on marina acquisitions and projects in all the areas of Italy, in France, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain and

Malta.

Paolo is responsible for many aspects of MDL’s Italian business, including partnership building, relationships and synergies

with the neighbour businesses and countries, boat-ship yards, yacht and superyacht constructors as well as yacht maritime

agencies, management companies and yacht charter houses.

Paolo attends relevant international marine conferences and has delivered speeches at Marina Forums and yacht and charter

shows and has been member of the ASAP consortium for the redevelopment of the ports of Antibes-Gallice.

An active member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Paolo lives with his wife Manuela and his children Thomas 8 and Helen 5, on the coast near Rome. He counts, sailing, winter sports and traveling with his family amongst his hobbies.

Stephen Crone—AYC Superyacht Recruitment

Director of AYC Superyacht Recruitment with a widely diverse history in the

marine industry as a Captain, Engineer and extensive international experience,

now specializing in the Asia Pacific region, Stephen frequently travels between

Australia, Monaco and Phuket, Thailand where his goal is to build and support

the local maritime industries.

Stephen’s vision for the continued growth of the yachting industry has been

realised through his mentoring entry level yacht crew and arranging events and

groups for the maritime industry. He has also been involved with Boating WA,

Superyacht Base Australia and a founding member of the Asia Pacific Superyacht

Association.

Stephen lives in Phuket with his family where great weather can be experienced all year round and loves exploring the raw natural beauty of the Andaman Sea. Stephen’s belief in life is, “If it is to be – it is up to me,” which provides motivation to set and achieve academic, fitness and personal goals every year. Stephen’s passion remains on the water, sailing in regattas and cruising the islands on the family yacht, fishing and diving.

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Jim Gilbert—Christensen Shipyards LLC Jim Gilbert is an industry veteran with a wide array of experience within the global large

yacht market. His major contribution to the industry came as founding editor in chief

and later president and owner of ShowBoats International, which he and his partners

sold to the Robb Report in 2005.

He is also a co-founder of the International SeaKeepers Society and played an active

role in the earliest days of the International Superyacht Society in 1989. He is the

recipient of the 2005 ISS Leadership Award.

After the sale of ShowBoats, Jim founded ViewPoint Consulting, where he worked

for a series of clients developing strategic business plans.

In January of 2016 Jim came out of semi-retirement to take over as president of

Christensen Shipyards, where he now manages 120 boatbuilders producing 40-50M

yachts.

During the period of his semi-retirement Jim returned to his writing roots, authoring

and publishing The Admiral (Christopher Matthews Press) a near-future, swashbuckling

novel that combines his passion for boats with his deep concern about the co-threats

from climate change and sea level rise.

Jim splits his time between visits to the Christensen Shipyard in Vancouver,

Washington, from his homes in Miami Beach, Florida, and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Besides his love of yachts and the ocean, Jim is an avid flyfisherman, surfer, and doting

grandfather.

John Jarvie—Oversea Insurance

John Jarvie, Vice President of Oversea Insurance, is the 4th generation of his family to work

at Oversea. Currently, John works from the Oversea Fort Lauderdale office at the Bahia

Mar Yachting Center.

Born and raised in San Diego, California, John has had a connection with the ocean his

entire life. He graduated from American University with a business degree, a minor in

music, and four years of playing Division 1 soccer. After graduating, John anxiously moved

back to San Diego to work at the family business as Director of Business Development.

After helping his father expand the company throughout the west coast and opening an

office in Kona, Hawaii, John realized the potential to seize an opportunity in Fort

Lauderdale, Florida as Vice President of the company.

While in Florida, John joined Young Professionals in Yachting at the start of its 2nd year,

and immediately appreciated the personal and corporate benefits that YPY offered. He

served as Vice President of YPY for a year and then stepped in as President to continue

growing the organization. John was integral in growing the Fort Lauderdale YPY chapter

from 40 members to 100+ members, and also spearheaded the international growth and

launch of new chapters: YPY Monaco (2014), YPY London (2015), and YPY Holland (2016).

John finished his ‘Past Presidency’ role in 2016 and looks forward to take on another role

to continue contributing to and further grow the superyacht industry.

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Kristen Klein—Northrop & Johnson

At the suggestion of several ISS board members—and with strong interest in

furthering my involvement in the yachting industry—I am submitting my name for

consideration as a member of the ISS Board of Directors. Here is a summary

outlining my professional yachting experience.

I worked directly with Kevin Merrigan, President and CEO of Northrop and

Johnson, from January 2013- January 2016 in the Fort Lauderdale office before

deciding to move into a yacht sales career of my own. I continue to work very

closely with Kevin, and have taken part in numerous large yacht deals, including

the sale of the 210’ Perini Navi S/Y FELICITA WEST, 164’ Westport M/Y VANGO,

and the 164’ Benetti M/Y AQUILA.

I attained my Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of

Florida in 2015, where I acquired a superb set of business skills as well as a broad

base of technical skills.

Prior to working at Northrop & Johnson, I worked as a Chief Stewardess on both

private and charter yachts for six years.

I am an active member in the Fort Lauderdale chapter of Young Professionals in

Yachting (YPY), am a member of IYBA, and this past year alone attended numerous

boat shows, including:

Yachts Miami Beach

Palm Beach International Boat Show

Newport Charter Yacht Show

Monaco Yacht Show

Fort Lauderdale Boat Show

Antigua Charter Yacht Show

Numerous FYBA Open Houses (both sales and charter)

My passion for yachting, love of networking, and strong work ethic lead me to believe that I would be a valuable asset to the

ISS Board of Directors.

Christina Norris—Oversee Yachts

At the suggestion of the ISS board I am submitting my name for consideration as a member of the ISS Board of Directors. Here is a summary of my professional experience that I believe make me uniquely qualified to promote and expand the global mission of ISS.

Chief Executive Designer of Oversee Yachts LLC. Yachts are my passion. Founded in 1990 my company specializes in yacht interior design architecture and full project management. In 2011 we launched, M/Y Red Pearl, which was a finalist for the 2011 Show Boats Design Awards. In 2013 we completed MCP’s 140’ M/Y, still the largest yacht ever built in Brazil and recently completed the full refit of M/Y Safira, a Newcastle 129’.

I served on the board of the US Superyacht Association from 2014 until 2015 and as the sailing board director for the Macatawa Bay Junior Association, a nonprofit organization at the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club in Holland, Michigan from 2002 to 2005.

I hosted the Dutch Economic Mission to Brazil for the Yachting Industry Sector in 2012; responsibilities included advisor and speaker. I guided by the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation and State Secretary for Education, Culture and Science; the visit was accompanied by His Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands including the Minister of Economy.

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I’m honored to have been a speaker at many superyacht key events such as the Superyacht Design Week, Superyacht Design Symposium, Superyacht Global Forum, and The New World of Luxury. I enjoy a background in international education and experience, attended the International German Waldorf School in São Paulo- Brazil and after receiving my bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from Mackenzie University, I worked as an intern at Feadship/DeVoogt in the Netherlands. Being fluent in Dutch, English, German, Spanish and Portuguese makes Oversee Yachts LLC today a Global Company. I hope that you will agree that my long and varied experiences serve the superyacht industry and make me an ideal candidate for the ISS board.

Captain Brendan O’Shannassy—KATANA GmbH

Brendan O’Shannassy is a career Mariner. He began his seafaring at 17 with an

undergraduate degree and maritime cadetship under scholarship with the Royal

Australian Navy. He then served at sea in Australian Naval ships before entering the

commercial sector working in harbor tug and barge and offshore support.

In 2001 he began in yachting and now has 15 years’ experience working with some

of the yachting industry’s largest and most highly reputable yachts. His experience

includes Captaincy of PRINCESS MARIANA, OCTOPUS and VAVA II. He is currently

build-captain of a confidential 100m+ construction.

Having already developed a sound knowledge of seamanship and leadership as a

commissioned naval officer and a commercial master, Brendan made the transition to

yachting as a deckhand before working his way up to Captain. He views this as a

unique perspective for a Master unlimited. He understands his crew, their concerns

and their roles as he has walked in their shoes.

Brendan is experienced and competent communicating with guests, owners and

management at all levels, always maintaining the highest standards of professionalism and clarity. He has contributed many

articles in the yachting press and has spoken at forums such as GSF and ASMEX.

With postgraduate studies in accounting and maritime law, Brendan is also highly competent in administration and financial

practices.

Parallel to maritime commitments Brendan has also an established history in Social Engagement. Brendan has contributed to

the goals of Blue Marine Foundation and the Brain Tumour Charity through active fundraising.

As a working Captain, soon to deliver a 100m+ Passenger Yacht to a client, Brendan provides the ISS board with a direct link

to the perspective of operational crew.

Bob Saxon—MarineMax Yachts

Bob Saxon is an industry icon with 35 years of executive level activity in the yacht management, yacht charter, charter management, marketing, and crew sectors.

He is the founding president of ISS and is a recipient of its distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award, a rare honor bestowed by the ISS Board of Directors at its discretion.

The onset of Bob’s global yachting experience began as Vice-President of the pioneer yacht management group, Whittemore & Williams; continued as President of The Sacks Group; and onward with his own firm Bob Saxon Associates which he later sold to Camper & Nicholsons International, then serving for eight years as President of C&N’s US operations.

Thereafter he worked as a consultant to yacht owners with Bob Saxon Consultancy and later he was retained as Executive Director of the Florida Yacht Brokers Association. He then joined the International Yacht Collection, a multi-faceted yachting group, as President and COO.

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Bob is now with MarineMax, the largest boat retailer in the world, as VP of Yacht Charter, Yacht Management and Crew

Placement. “As founding President, and subsequently twice elected President of the International Superyacht Society, I have had a

continuing keen interest in the fostering of the original ideals and themes of the ISS and would be honored to serve if re-elected to the Board of Directors,” he says.

Robert van Tol—SYBAss

Robert’s passion is uniting people and organizations to work together, achieving things that

are beyond the scope of the individual. He holds a MSc degree in Business Administration

and has 10 years of experience in association management. Currently, he is Operational

Director at the Superyacht Builders Association (SYBAss), serves on the board of the Dutch

Society of Association Executives and was appointed Secretary of the ISS Executive

Committee in June 2016. At SYBAss Robert has a wide range of tasks, from developing

clusters of exhibiting members at the Monaco, Fort Lauderdale and Dubai shows, to

publishing annual statistics and economic reports in cooperation with the Boston Consulting

Group and enhancing the process of superyacht coatings.

His position at ISS provides Robert with an exciting opportunity to serve the superyacht

industry as a whole. As part of the ISS Executive Committee Robert is reviewing how ISS can

increase its value for the superyacht industry, utilizing its unique position. He has been an

active member of the ISS Concept Group, which works on elevating the ISS Design &

Leadership Awards Gala. Furthermore, he provides a strong link between ISS and SYBAss,

allowing for a closer cooperation. Bringing his experience with associations and his global

network in the industry to the table, for ISS he has the ambition to help it grow its worldwide

membership and align the ISS activities with the needs of the current and future superyacht industry. About International Superyacht Society

Our Mission is to Ensure Sustainability & Excellence in the Global Superyachting Industry ISS was founded in 1989 and represents the large yacht industry. Our mission is delivered by building alliances

worldwide with regional and functional associations; to serve as a communications conduit for issues affecting the marketplace, owners, crew and industry members; and to recognise achievement as well as provide educational opportunities and networking events.

The organisation is member driven and reliant on the volunteer work of Board and regular members supported by our marketing and administrative staff. Our funding comes from our members and sponsors which in turn enables the ISS to work on initiatives that benefit the large yacht industry as a whole.