As the world becomes more litigious a number of shipyards have changed the way they work, facilitating subcontractors to carry out work, and it’s not always immediately obvious. Instead of a yacht owner contracting directly with the shipyard for all works, some...
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Malta Social Security Rates 2023
EU Regulation 883/2004 states that seafarers who are either citizens or residents of the EU/EEA or Switzerland and, who are employed on board a vessel flying the Malta flag, must be insured under Malta’s Social Security system. For non-EU citizens/residents, there is...
Tim Joyce
Tim has over 35 years experience in the fiduciary and banking sector. During this time he focused on developing and administering the best ways to look after clients’ assets and his move to yacht fiduciary was a natural step for someone who loves to sail.He joined...
Sarah Douglas
Sarah is Managing Director of Sarnia Yachts Limited, our Guernsey regulated fiduciary business. Sarah qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before later specialising in regulatory compliance. Whilst living in Sydney she worked for Westpac’s Global Chief...
Lee Madgewick
Lee brings a wealth of experience from a number of sectors including Finance, Wholesale and Software which have been accrued over many years working across Europe.Lee joined Sarnia Yachts in 2019 as the UK Director and Head of Operations and Finance and is now the...
Bruce Maltwood
Bruce joined Sarnia Yachts in 2006 and has over 30 years of experience in the yachting industry. After an initial period working for a trust company in Jersey, he started his yachting career in sales, focusing on the UK and Balearic markets. At Sarnia Yachts he is a...