Guido de Groot,

has graduated with a bachelor of science degree with honours from the Art Centre College of Design in Pasadena (USA) and worked for more than six years as a car designer in Paris for the French car manufacturer Citroën. His love affair with yachts began back in 1986 when he saw the fourth "Highlander" close to completion at the De Vries (Feadship) yard. Awestruck by the majesty of this 45-metre masterpiece, he started drawing yachts in parallel with his career in car design. The next decade was spent learning everything there was to know about luxury yachts. He launched Guido de Groot Design in 1997, specialising in innovative interiors and exteriors for both luxury motor and sailing yachts.

Dave Woessner,

Ian Nesbitt,

is industrial (transport) designer from the United Kingdom with over 15 years experience working in senior design positions, with a series of prestigious automotive manufacturers including Citroen, Isuzu and Nissan. Immediately before creating Ian Nisbett Design in 2006, Ian held the position of assistant chief designer at the Mazda Advanced Design Centre in Yokohama, Japan. In the roles of both designer and project manager Ian has been responsible for a number of acclaimed concept and production cars and has experience of working in North America, Europe and Japan.

Arno Gaudier,

Is  Industrial (transport) designer with a German - Romanian background. Arno has over 5 years three dimensional modelling and transport design experience.

Marco Boom,

Is an industrial designer, furniture designer and interior designer. Marco was born in the Netherlands and studied Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology and at the Politecnico di Milano. His graduation project was a 36 footer day sailer. After doing an internship at GK Design in Tokyo, he started working at Guido de Groot Design. At Guido de Groot Design, he focuses his work on interior and furniture design, from 3d modelling to the selection of fabrics. His keen eye for detail and color has lead to a number of successful projects, wherein all the parties - owner, yard, and suppliers - enjoyed both the process and the end result.

Paulo Calado,

Born in Portugal, he started as a civil engineer working for 6 years in a variety of projects and constructions; from metallic structures to luxury interiors (finishings). He then decided to pursue the old calling of design (vast interest, from cars to interiors). Autodidact by nature, he focused on studying 3D tools which, along with hand sketching abilities (mastered in art and design studies), allow him to illustrate his ideas to clients. He has also worked in several architectural 3D projects in Portugal and The Netherlands. In the Guido de Groot Design team, Paulo's personal imprint of a modern and minimalist interior style has been present since 2005, being able to continue his learning process.

Anco Kok,

Is responsible for marketing and public relations. His passion for yachts and yacht construction started at a very young age, since his father was a boat builder. His career in yacht construction began parallel to his marketing studies in the Netherlands. In the past 10 years he has worked in marketing and sales positions for different well known Dutch Shipyards. Through these various positions he improved his technical knowledge of yacht construction, broaden his marketing skills and has developed a wide network in the industry.