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  ED SLACK
  Editorial Director | UK

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  Ed Slack | Editor | UK

  Having joined IBI in 1999, Ed took on the editor role in 2005, later becoming head of TIME Inc’s marine B2B portfolio overseeing content and production of three marine titles as well as two daily websites including IBI’s newsletter.
  
  A recipient of Italian federation Confindustria Nautica’s Boating Pioneer Award, Ed has built an extensive business network and knowledge base within the industry and is frequently asked to present and comment on market dynamics at boat shows and industry events around the globe.

  
  

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  TONY ESPOSITO
  Reporter | USA

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  Tony Esposito | Reporter | USA

  Tony Esposito has been developing marketing strategies for and reporting on the US recreational marine industry since 1994. Having worked for a variety of businesses from biotech to boating as well as US government and politics at local, state and federal levels, since 1980, he has developed a unique understanding and insider’s perspective to his business coverage.

  
  

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  DAVID ROBINSON
  Journalist | Global

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  David Robinson

  David Robinson is a long-standing professional marine industry journalist writing on the global leisure marine business for the last 20 years. He continues to travel widely to boat shows and other marine industry events across the world, getting face-to-face with the companies and people making the news.

  
  

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  JAROSLAW ADAMOWSKI
  Journalist | Poland

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  Jaroslaw Adamowski | Journalist | POLAND

  Jaroslaw Adamowski is a freelance journalist based in Warsaw, Poland. He has covered the country’s boat industry for more than 12 years. In addition to the Polish sector, he covers boatbuilders, equipment producers, marina projects, and other newsworthy industry developments in a number of Western, Northern, and Central European countries.

  
  

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  MIKE DERRETT
  Consultant | Middle East & Asia

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  Mike Derrett | Consultant

  Mike Derrett started his career in the leisure boat industry in 1973 and worked in sales and project management for leisure, commercial and military boat manufacturers before starting his own marine consultancy business in 1989 specialising in market research and business planning with a focus on the Middle East and Asia. Mike has worked in over 40 countries and started as IBI Correspondent for the Middle East and Asia region in the late 1990s.

  
  

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  CRAIG RICHIE
  Editor | North America

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  Craig Ritchie | Editor | North America

  Craig Ritchie is IBI’s North America editor, covering the Canadian and US markets with a focus on technology and business strategy. He began writing about the North American boat industry in 1989; prior to joining IBI he served as director of editorial for one of Canada’s largest magazine publishers.

  
  

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  BAHAR ÖZTÜR
  Correspondent | Turkey

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  Bahar Öztür | Correspondent | Turkey

  Bahar Öztürk became Turkish correspondent for IBI in 2010, following some years spent in the marketing team for a Turkish superyacht builder. Bahar's experience spans across sales, public relations, and corporate communication. In 2011, she authored a fiction book about sailing and maintains a blog focused on Turkey's boating culture. She spends her time between the two Turkish boatbuilding hubs of Istanbul and Antalya.

  
  

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  JAKE KAVANAGH
  Technical Editor | UK

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  Jake Kavanagh | Technical Editor | UK

  A former editor of Motor Boats Monthly magazine and a life-long boating enthusiast, Jake Kavanagh has spent 35 years as a full-time marine journalist. As IBI’s technical editor, Jake honed his skills as technical editor on several leading UK boating titles, including Practical Boat Owner, European Boat Builder, Sailing Today, The Marine Professional and Superyacht Business. He is also an author and illustrator, specialising in marine themes.

  
  

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  LARS-ÅKE REDÉEN
  Correspondent | Scandinavia

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  Lars-Åke Redéen | Correspondent | Scandinavia

  With a background as a daily news journalist, Lars-Åke Redéen has been IBI’s Scandinavian correspondent for 30 years as well as the long-standing the Editor-in-Chief of for Scandinavia’s biggest boating title, Batliv Magazine. An experienced boater he has built an impressive network throughout the marine business, especially in the Nordic countries.
  
  As a boat owner himself, Lars-Åke tries to spend as much time as possible on the water with his Buster SuperMagnum speed boat or with one of his smaller sailing boats. He lives in Karlskrona, in the South-East corner of Sweden.

  
  

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  KIM HOLLAMBY
  Reporter | Europe/UK

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  Kim Hollamby | Reporter | Europe/UK

  Kim Hollamby boasts an in-depth knowledge across a number of boating markets and business disciplines. As former editor of Motor Boats Monthly, a role he held for 11 years, he was later named Group Editor for IBI and publisher for Yachting and Boating World (ybw.com).
  
  He has worked for member organisations, distributors, boat dealers and equipment retailers and today Kim reports on the UK and European markets and serves as the non-voting secretary for the METSTRADE DAME Design Awards and IBI METSTRADE Boat Builder Awards.