Rupert Covell - Iyba Email & Phone Number

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Us

As a broker, I am able to advise and guide yacht owners through the sale or purchase of their vessels. With the support of JFA, we offer assistance in negotiation, marketing, tax and legal processes.

Miami Yacht Captain on a Pershing 70 performance motor yacht. Orchestrating all maintenance and management. Responsible for regular UHNW day trips in the local area along with week long trips to Bimini and Exumas in the Bahamas.

London, Us

Created a company that organises sailing flotillas across the world in new and unique locations that groups of this size have never before been seen. Have successfully completed trips of over 200 in:BelizeMykonosBahamasSan Juan IslandsSardiniaBritish Virgin IslandsDodecanese (Kos)and more coming in Croatia and Turkey and SeyChelles

London, Us

Over seeing employment of all staff for The BucketLust around the world. Employing over 200 contractors/year in around 15 countries. Not just skippers and chefs/hosts but also, influencers, media experts, models, photographers, DJ’s, event organisers and route planners.

Road Town, Tortola, Vg

Worked closely with the famous Sailing Virgins brand across the Caribbean, French Polynesia and Mediterranean. Embraced the brand culture and instructed on a range of yacht’s and catamarans to all their incredible clients. We taught American sailing Association (ASA) Courses to allow pupils to sail on their own. Their main base was in BVI'S which is where I really fine tuned my teaching ability and fell in love with the country.

London, London, Gb

I was able to secure a position as a skipper on the Yacht Week after a number of interviews and an intense twelve day academy. I alone was responsible for up to 12 clients a week on yachts going up to 54 ft long. I had to make sure they were active and safe all hours of the day in various locations on the Croatian coast. I had to make sure the yacht made it from location to location single handedly despite all weather and sea conditions on time.

London, Gb

My Jets is a private aviation company flying people all over the globe in a range of jets that we carefully select to make sure the customer experience is as smooth and luxurious as possible. I maintain the high standard of client care which My Jets enforces whilst searching for new clients to fly all over the world. I also assist with the upkeep of the company and the operations side. Since leaving MyJets I have kept a good relationship with the team and am still acting as a representative and introducer to the company.

London, Gb

I offered insurance and risk management guidance for RKH private clients covering property, fine art, jewellery, cars, marine and aviation. Focused on HNWI’s and UHNWI’s to utilize our USP.

Working in the Private Client department as an Account Technician providing technical support for the Client Managers. Efficiently producing all documentation for the clients at renewal, inception and lapsing of their policies. Helping the CM's efficiently manage their clients accounts whilst also expanding them and sourcing new business.

London, Gb

JLT Specialty (Insurance Brokers) August-December 2013• Experienced first-hand broker/underwriter relationships and how they operate in and out of Lloyd’s.• An in depth understanding of Financial Institutions, Professional Indemnity for companies and how clients and underwriters expect to be treated in the Financial Risk sector. • I grasped how placement strategy worked and what decisive factors to look for in an underwriter.• I handled clients risks and dealt with endorsements and negotiation of premium and cover for renewals. • I brokered insurance for D&O, Crime and Professional Indemnity for multinational companies around the world. • Dealt with the solicitor’s renewal season for England, Wales and Ireland dealing with all clients queries and documents directly.

London, Gb

Experienced Dry Cargo, Sale and Purchase, Tankers (Clean and Dirty) and Operations. Gained a valuable insight to the world of shipping. Dealt with international markets on a daily basis with people of massively different cultures over the phone. Shadowed numerous senior brokers in different departments. Observed high intensity negotiations under large pressure to get a fix. Learnt the different types of ships and picked up the different acronyms the industry uses.

London, England, Gb

I worked with Grainger plc in their Knightsbridge office and gained essential experience with their commercial departments and some with their upmarket development department. I worked closely with the managers in the relevant fields and managed to see what the junior surveyors did too, receiving a first-hand encounter of the London property market.I got the opportunity to survey a range of properties from very high end, (Mayfair) through to the mid-range in queens park for commercial and residential.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

On my placement year I learnt how to build homes to the highest possible efficiency under intense market conditions whilst achieving all code levels of building for the “code for sustainable homes”. I learnt how to organise builders, QS’s, Architects and contractors sternly and economically whilst creating an excellent team feeling throughout the group. I followed schemes through from purchasing the land all the way through to the development and hand over to the tenants. Building relationships with people in every field necessary to produce the highest quality of house in our budget. The schemes varied from small developments of 4 bungalows to the compulsory purchase orders of large plots of land to produce cul de sac's of 50 or more homes. I had to get feed back from the tenants and have meetings with the councils about what they required.

London, Gb

I managed to secure a work placement with Strutt & Parker in their Salisbury office, here I learnt about what it takes to be a property agent. I was dealing with anything from a two bed roomed cottage to an 8 bed roomed mansion with equestrian facilities. I had to organise the transfer of legal documents and the creation and design of brochures. I also did some viewings.

Worked part time as a waiter during holidays and breaks from other jobs. I was taken round the north of England to various weddings and events.• Part time job during school and university holidays working since I was 16. Assisting with hospitality, event management, waitering, working as a team and dealing with customers of all ages. • This emphasized the necessity for every detail to be immaculate and only perfection would be tolerated. I learnt how important presentation and appearance means to a company’s reputation. Not only of the product and service being provided but of the actual staff too.

Leeds, West Yorkshire, Gb

• Gained a true experience of how a small company runs efficiently and effectively over a six month period in the centre of Leeds. How important it is to have good atmosphere among the employees and how much difference this makes to the success of the company and the impression that rubs off on the customers• Tasks included; outbound sales, dealing with accounts and regular updates, customer services and the legal department (getting involved in break clauses in contracts, breaching contracts and late payments.)

Planning And Development Surveying, Project Management

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