SAMANTHA WATSON

Project Zoza was one of three “Giga Yachts” being built by Benetti in Livorno, Italy. From the outset of the project the owner enlisted the services of the Burgess New Construction Team. I joined the vessel through a personal recommendation and hired through Burgess due to my previous New Build back round with additional Interior Manager experience onboard vessels 100+. I assisted in creating financial policies, bookkeeping, accountancy, budgeting, costing, cash management, internal controls, payment terms & new build stage payments. I was heavily involved in the interior department until a Chief Stewardess was hired in October 2019 after which I transferred over a fully compressive handover. I still supported the interior, working closely with vessels interior designer, shipyard build contractors and Burgess representatives for major decisions concerning the interior design, set up and operations of the vessel. I resigned and immediately joined MY Phoenix2 prior to all the build crew whom were made redundant due to the unsuccessful delivery of the Yacht in February 2020.

Coordination of a specific project with the aim to streamline the administrative operational instructions for a fleet of yachts. The projects goal was to have a comprehensive guide covering the crewing and financial administration procedures with applicable forms that the client & onboard crew could utilise as a reference for the day to day crewing and administration tasks. Meeting with Fraser & studying the actual procedures in place, suggesting improvements in order to optimise the administrative workload and to allow electronical processing through the web-based safety management system.

FMC is a company offering Business Consultancy & Legal Services. I founded & managed the implementation of the initial business guidelines & strategies, crelated successful business relationships with key clients, hospitality experts and reputable legal firms in the UK & Ireland and ensured financial targets were met. This was a joint venture and decided to hand over the company to my business partner

My resume was shortlisted by the Crew Network and approved directly by the Captain. I was hired due to my previous Refit experience onboard MY Radiant and a Diploma in Super Yacht Project Management. I worked as the sole Build Purser seamlessly alongside the   Management   Company, Fraser Worldwide S.A.M in   drafting & implementing the crew, financial & general yachts administration SOP’s. Fraser yachts wanted to hire a junior Purser that I could conduct hands-on training with and whom I would eventually rotate with once the vessel was delivered and became operational, this was successfully achieved. I was actively involved in the ships inbuild and operational customs, vessel export and duty tax procedures, pre-delivery operational budgets & collating monthly fund & forecasts, payroll preparation, final payment & audit reports. During owners trips I acted as the liaison with the PA to Her Highness and assisted with HH concierge services & security personal (alongside the Head of Security) for over 50 representatives. I resigned as I wanted to pursue my own Business Consulting & Legal Services Company ashore.