Jun 2024BuildSeventh ThirtySix, Q43, delivered from the Enkhuizen hulls
Jul 2024Top seatNick Mulder: the yard stays small and builds hulls in-house
Feb 2026Top seatFirst CFO hired, from KPMG
Mar 2026BuildNinth ThirtySix launched
Sep 2026BuildMulder 122, 37.2 m, succeeds the ThirtySix
What it adds up to. A family yard professionalising: the family's commercial director became managing director in 2022 and hired a first CFO in 2026.
Who runs it
Managing Directorsince 2022
Marketing and communications managersince 2024
Sales and marketing managersince 2023
Location and project managersince 2002
Chief Financial Officersince 2026
Purchasing managersince 2015
Organisation. Family seller as managing director; first CFO in 2026
What it shows for a new yard. Family seller as managing director with the first professional finance seat arriving this year.
Organisation chartthe top seat, the senior layer by function, and the managers where the top team is small; the number two is marked
Nick Mulder
Managing Director
since 2022
Owner family
Sales and marketing2 senior
Production and operations1 senior, 2 managers
Projects and service5 managers
Purchasing1 senior
Finance, legal and IT1 senior, 1 managers
People1 managers
Dennis van Osch
Marketing and communications manager
since 2024
RD
Rick de Bruin
Sales and marketing manager
since 2023
DJ
Danny Juffermans
Location and project manager
since 2002
Michael Leijnse
Team leader, technique
since 2010
Wouter Strik
QHSE coordinator
since 2023
Arne Haitsma
Project leader; service and refit team leader
since 2021
JS
Jesse Struik
Fleet manager
since 2024
Klaas Arkesteijn
Project manager
since 2023
Marco Vlasveld
Fleet manager
since 2026
Matthijs Goddijn
Fleet manager
since 2023
Nick Wijsman
Purchasing manager
since 2015
Menno Taal
Chief Financial Officer
since 2026
Daniel Phaf
BI specialist and business controller
since 2026
Irene Verpoort
HR advisor
since 2021
Number twoOwning family. The managing director is the family's fourth generation; under him a location manager since 2002 and a CFO hired in 2026.
The top team as read on LinkedIn34 people read as staff, October 2026
A fourth-generation family managing director who came up through sales, a CFO hired in Feb 2026 from KPMG, a sales and marketing manager (ex-Feadship), a marketing and communications manager, purchasing manager, location and project manager, fleet managers for service, HR advisor, a BI controller.
Mulder shows a family yard professionalising in order: first the family seller becomes managing director (2022), then marketing (2024), then a CFO (2026). Service is organised as fleet management, three people for a fleet of small superyachts, which is a model for after-sales at a new yard's early scale.
Seats and dates are as the people describe them on LinkedIn; a person who moved in the last months can still show the old seat. Tap a person for the profile and the reading.
Candidates at Mulder Shipyard1 people under 50 in the pools; the shortlisted first
Nick Mulder
Managing Director at Mulder Shipyard · Zoeterwoude-Dorp, Netherlands
Age37 to 41estimate from the degree years on the profile
Based inZoeterwoude-Dorp, Netherlands
Current seatManaging Director, Mulder Shipyard, since 2022
CareerSince 2010, 16 years
Builders on the CVMulder Shipyard (current)
EducationAmsterdam University of Applied Sciences Bouwtechnische bedrijfskunde; DOC Maritiem EMCI Certified Yacht Broker
LanguagesDutch, English
In brief
Managing director since Aug 2022 after six years as commercial director and sales manager; owning family (fourth generation); building management degree. A seller who took over the family yard.
Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview
Show the facts and the dated news with their sources
Identity
Full name: Mulder Shipyard (trades as Mulder; family business). source
Founded: 1938, by Dirk Mulder, in a small metal shop in Voorschoten. source 1source 2
Headquarters: Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk, Netherlands (new facility opened 2013). source
Yard locations: Zoeterwoude-Rijndijk (head office, dry docks), Voorschoten (original site, final construction phases), Enkhuizen (fourth facility, bought 2022-02, used for hull building). source 1source 2
Ownership: family-owned, third generation. Founder Dirk Mulder; his son Dick Mulder took over in 1984 and led the yard until his death on 2022-07-24; grandson Nick Mulder now leads it. Stake split not public. source 1source 2
Sister brands: Mulder Favorite (series motor yachts), Mulder 360º Service (maintenance, charter, brokerage). source
Size
Employees: not found.
Output: "five or six yachts per year" (Nick Mulder, 2024-07-02). source
Revenue: not found (private company).
Boat International Global Order Book position: not found.
Product
Size range: about 15.6 m (Favorite 1500) to 37.2 m (Mulder 122). source
Hull material: aluminium (the yard moved from steel to aluminium). source
Series: Favorite line — 1500, 1700, 2000, 2200, 52 Motion, Fast (about 15–23 m). source
Semi-custom: Mulder ThirtySix (36 m, aluminium, Van Oossanen Fast Displacement Hull Form, exterior by Claydon Reeves); nine delivered by 2026-09. source
New flagship line: Mulder 122 (37.2 m), introduced 2026-09-27 as the successor to the ThirtySix; Mulder 133 shown as a preview. source
Full-custom: earlier custom yachts up to 28 m; current full-custom offer not found. source
Notable deliveries 2023–2026.
Seaflower, 36 m (ThirtySix hull 6), delivered 2023-07. source
Q43, 36 m (ThirtySix hull 7), delivered 2024-06. source
Project Unity (BN143), 36 m (ThirtySix hull 8), launched 2025-03, delivery due 2025. source
ThirtySix hull 9, 36 m, launched 2026-03-04, delivery spring 2026. source
Leadership
Managing director: Nick Mulder (third generation) — as of 2024-07-02. source
Nick Mulder was commercial director — as of 2022-02-16. source
Manager, Enkhuizen yard: Jacco Klein (previously its technical director) — as of 2022-02-16. source
Previous managing director: Dick Mulder, died 2022-07-24 — as of 2022-07-26. source
News 2023 to 2026
2026-09
Mulder introduces the 37.2 m Mulder 122, building on nine delivered ThirtySix yachts.muldershipyard.nl
2026-03
Ninth Mulder ThirtySix launched at Zoeterwoude, interior by Vickers Studio, delivery spring 2026.yachtbuyer.com
2025-03
Eighth ThirtySix, Project Unity, launched; three ThirtySix hulls moved in the Zoeterwoude dry docks on 2025-03-11.yachtbuyer.com
2024-07
Boat International profile: Nick Mulder (managing director) says the yard stays small at five or six yachts a year and now builds hulls in-house.boatinternational.com
2024-06
Seventh ThirtySix, Q43, delivered; one of the first built at the Enkhuizen facility.boote-magazin.de
2024
Mulder wins a Boat International Superyacht Award (its fourth: 2016, 2018, 2020, 2024).muldershipyard.nl
2023-07
Sixth ThirtySix, Seaflower, delivered; first ThirtySix built to IMO Tier III.boatinternational.com
