Netherlands · Kaag and AmsterdamGrade A+Part of Feadship28 of 40
The LVMH-owned half of Feadship, building at Kaag and at an Amsterdam yard for yachts up to 160 m, led by the same CEO since 2016.
1849
Founded
LVMH, since 2008
Owner
inside LVMH
Revenue
Jan-Bart Verkuyl, since 2016
CEO
35 to 120 m
Range
Kaag · Amsterdam, to 160 m
Yards
What happened, 2023 to 2026
May 2024Build118.8 m Project 821 launched at the Amsterdam yard
Nov 2024Build75.75 m ONE leaves the Kaag yard
2025BuildBreakthrough, 118.8 m, delivered: largest Feadship by length
Apr 2026Build80 m sailing yacht Project 826 revealed at Kaag
Apr 2026Top seatVerkuyl named Feadship Director alongside Nederpelt
What it adds up to. The largest Dutch-built yachts come out of a yard whose leadership has not changed in a decade.
Who runs it
Manager hull and superstructure constructionsince 2020
Manager ship interiors Amsterdam, Royal Van Lent; former General Director, Scheepswerf Slob (Feadship hull yard)since 2024
Engineering managersince 2026
Manager engineering, Amsterdam yardsince 2024
CFOsince 2017
Manager refit and servicesince 2021
Director (projects)since 2018
Organisation. LVMH-owned; long-tenured chairman and CEO over operations and engineering directors
What it shows for a new yard. Luxury-group owner with a ten-year CEO over two yard directors, a projects director and a CFO from Damen.
Former leaders now elsewhere10 people who held a top or senior seat here
now Project Director at Iv-Groep
now CEO at Royal Van Lent Shipyard
now Algemeen Directeur at Scheepswerf Slob
now Managing Director / CEO at Vitters Shipyard
now Manager Engineering at Damen Yachting
now Head of Innovation at Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer
now Operations Manager at HUISFIT by Royal Huisman
now Board Member at IJshockeyclub UNIS Flyers
now Manager Werf Engineering at Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer
now Zwijnenburg Shipyard - Project, Process and Project Management Support at Lightship Maritime Solutions
Organisation chartthe top seat, the senior layer by function, and the managers where the top team is small; the number two is marked
Top seat not on the company page
General management1 senior
Engineering and design3 senior, +23 managers below
Production and operations7 senior, +23 managers below
Projects and service2 senior, +29 managers below
Purchasing1 senior, +3 managers below
Finance, legal and IT1 senior, +7 managers below
People2 senior, +3 managers below
Dennis van Haasteren MBA
Director, Amsterdam shipyard
since 2023
Number two
ES
Elske Stellingwerff Beintema
Engineering manager
since 2026
Kai Britzke
Manager engineering, Amsterdam yard
since 2024
TD
Tim de Nieuwe
Manager electrical department
since 2026
Antonio Marques dos Reis
Manager hull and superstructure construction
since 2020
Arjen Dekker
Manager ship interiors Amsterdam, Royal Van Lent; former General Director, Scheepswerf Slob (Feadship hull yard)
since 2024
Hein Eek
Director, Kaag shipyard
since 2024
Mark Van Der Plas
Manager ship interior building
since 2024
Martijn Hospes
Production manager CNS
since 2024
Peter Eekelschot
Production manager paint
since 2024
Ronald de Visser
Manager production, mechanical engineering
since 2024
JJ
Jacco Jongkind
Manager refit and service
since 2021
Mattes Kruize
Director (projects)
since 2018
Esther Van Der Sluijs
Manager procurement (Kaag and Amsterdam)
since 2017
Jeroen Plate
CFO
since 2017
Marlein Bomhof
HR Director, Royal Van Lent and Van der Loo
since 2023
WS
Wendy Spijker
HR business partner, Kaag yard (management team member)
since 2024
Managers in functions with no senior seat on the page, not drawn: sales and marketing 4
Number two. Ran the De Vries Aalsmeer yard for eight years before taking the new Amsterdam yard in December 2023: the only person at Feadship who has already been a yard director twice. The Kaag yard director (Eek) is 60.
The top team as read on LinkedIn163 people read as staff, October 2026
CEO (naval architect turned commercial director, in the seat since 2016) over two site directors (Kaag yard, from production; Amsterdam yard, a former De Vries yard director), a CFO from the Damen group, a projects director, an HR Director shared with the group's interior company, a CISO and controllers.
Royal Van Lent is the LVMH-owned half of Feadship and runs a site-director model: one CEO, one director per yard, finance and HR at company level, sales on the shared Feadship bench. The CEO is the brief's archetype in person (engineering, then sales, then the top seat, ten years in). Both site directors came from production and operations, one of them from the rival De Vries yard, so operations leadership circulates inside the Feadship family.
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 Feadship · Royal Van Lent5 people under 50 in the pools; the shortlisted first
Dennis van Haasteren MBA
Director Amsterdam Shipyard at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Netherlands
AgeAbout 49estimate from the school years on the profile
Based inNetherlands
Current seatDirector Amsterdam Shipyard, Feadship · Royal Van Lent, since 2023
CareerSince 2006, 20 years
Builders on the CVFeadship · Royal Van Lent (current); Feadship · Koninklijke De Vries (earlier)
EducationIBO Business School Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.); Eindhoven University of Technology Technische Bedrijfskunde
LanguagesNot given
In brief
Director of Royal Van Lent's Amsterdam yard since Dec 2023. Before: Director of Koninklijke De Vries Aalsmeer 2013-2021 (Director of Operations 2010-2013, operations manager from 2008), Damen Naval project director, Royal Netherlands Navy submarine executive officer; Eindhoven industrial engineering, MBA. Eight years running a Feadship yard: a ready COO half, no sales.
Kasper Silvius
Project Manager at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Delft, Netherlands
Age42 to 46estimate from the degree years on the profile
Based inDelft, Netherlands
Current seatProject Manager, Feadship · Royal Van Lent, since 2025
CareerSince 1999, 27 years
Builders on the CVFeadship · Royal Van Lent (current); Oceanco (earlier)
EducationDelft University of Technology Master · Transport Infrastructure and Logistics; Delft University of Technology Bachelor · Technology, Policy and Management
LanguagesDutch, English
In brief
Project manager since Jun 2025 after a year as manager of operations and two as manager projects at the yard; Oceanco project manager and Damen manager projects before; Delft, about 43.
ES
Elske Stellingwerff Beintema
Engineering Manager at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Delft, Netherlands
AgeAbout 48checked against the dated milestones of the profile
Based inDelft, Netherlands
Current seatEngineering Manager, Feadship · Royal Van Lent, since 2026
CareerSince 2003, 23 years
Builders on the CVFeadship · Royal Van Lent (current)
EducationDelft University of Technology Master of Science (M.Sc.) · Mechanical Engineering
LanguagesNot given
In brief
Engineering manager since Jun 2026; Huisman's global engineering manager 2018 to 2026 and chair of its Dutch management team 2024 to 2026; Delft 2002, about 48.
MK
Murat Karabulut
Project Manager Engineering at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Hoofddorp, Netherlands
AgeAbout 41checked against the dated milestones of the profile
Based inHoofddorp, Netherlands
Current seatProject Manager Engineering, Feadship · Royal Van Lent, since 2024
CareerSince 2008, 18 years
Builders on the CVFeadship · Royal Van Lent (current); Damen Yachting · Amels (earlier)
EducationYıldız Teknik Üniversitesi / Yildiz Technical University Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,Msc; Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering,BSc
LanguagesTürkçe, İngilizce
In brief
Project manager engineering since Nov 2024 after five years in the same seat at Damen Yachting; project manager at a Tuzla yard 2016 to 2019, Sunrise and Turquoise before; Turkish, Yıldız naval architect, about 40.
GV
Gijs Van Der Molen
Lead production at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Noord-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Age44 to 48estimate from the degree years on the profile
Based inNoord-Scharwoude, Netherlands
Current seatLead production, Feadship · Royal Van Lent, since 2022
CareerSince 2001, 25 years
Builders on the CVFeadship · Royal Van Lent (current); Royal Huisman (earlier)
EducationVrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) bachelor · business administration; Hogeschool Haarlem Bachelor of Science (BSc) · Naval Architecture and Marine En
LanguagesNot given
In brief
Production lead since 2022; Royal Huisman project manager and yard manager at Damen Den Helder before; about 45.
Facts and news, with sourcesthe research behind the overview
Show the facts and the dated news with their sources
Facts from the Feadship note
Van Lent family yard traces back to 1849; royal title in 2001. Owned by LVMH (listed as an LVMH Maison under "Other activities"). source
LVMH acquired Royal Van Lent in 2008 (Wikipedia, citing a Reuters item). Stake: not found.
Builds custom yachts from about 35 to 120 m.
Chairman and CEO: Jan-Bart Verkuyl (CEO since July 2016, successor to Dick van Lent). source
News 2023 to 2026 · Feadship note
2026-09
Feadship reveals HIVE, a 115 m concept design.feadship.nl
2026-04
De Vries marks its leadership handover at Aalsmeer: Henk and Tom de Vries leave day-to-day management; Roderick de Vries (CEO), Rob de Vries (Chief Projects Officer), Bas Nederpelt (CCO and Feadship Director) and John Veldman (CFO) take over.feadship.nl
2026-04
Feadship debuts Project 826, an 80 m sailing yacht, a rare sail project for the yard.feadship.nl
2025-09
Feadship joins the Nuclear Energy Maritime Organization.feadship.nl
2025-07
Delivery of 101 m Moonrise; 118.8 m Breakthrough (fuel cells, built on speculation) presented at Monaco after delivery earlier in 2025.boatinternational.comfeadship.nl
2025-04
Henk de Vries retires on 1 May 2025 as Feadship Director and CEO of De Vries; Roderick de Vries becomes CEO, Bas Nederpelt becomes CCO and Feadship Director.maritimetechnology.nl
2024-09
Feadship launches Feadship Resale, a brokerage arm for its own yachts.feadship.nl
2024-05
Launch of 118.8 m Project 821 at the Amsterdam yard, the first Feadship with fuel cells.feadship.nl
