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 ship interiors Amsterdam, Royal Van Lent; former General Director, Scheepswerf Slob (Feadship hull yard)since 2024
Director, Kaag shipyardsince 2024
CFOsince 2017
Director (projects)since 2018
Director, Amsterdam shipyardsince 2023
HR Director, Royal Van Lent and Van der Loosince 2023
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 elsewhere9 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 Zwijnenburg Shipyard - Project, Process and Project Management Support at Lightship Maritime Solutions
The top team as read on LinkedIn11 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.
Senior layer · 6
General management 1
Production and operations 2
Projects, service and after-sales 1
Finance, legal and IT 1
People 1
Managers · 5
Production and operations 1
Finance, legal and IT 4
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 Lent3 in the pools; the shortlisted first, then by tier and score
Dennis van Haasteren MBA
Director Amsterdam Shipyard at Royal Van Lent Shipyard · Netherlands
* Commercial leadership30%No evidence in the profile.
* Yacht network20%Director @ Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer (May 2013 – Apr 2021)
* Technical and pricing20%Director of Operations @ Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw (Jul 2010 – Apr 2013)
* Business building20%Director Amsterdam Shipyard @ Royal Van Lent Shipyard (Dec 2023 – Present)
Leadership maturity10%Project Director @ Damen Naval (Feb 2022 – Oct 2023); Executive Officer Submarines @ Royal Dutch Navy
Reading. 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.
Career
Director Amsterdam Shipyard · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Dec 2023 – Present
Project Director a.i. · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Nov 2023 – Dec 2023
Owner and founder of 7Ambitions bv · 7Ambitions b.v. Apr 2021 – Present
Project Director · Damen Naval Feb 2022 – Oct 2023
Project Manager · REICHEALTH B.V. Apr 2021 – Jan 2022
Director · Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer May 2013 – Apr 2021
Director of Operations · Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer Jul 2010 – Apr 2013
Manager Operations · Koninklijke de Vries Scheepsbouw te Aalsmeer Apr 2008 – Jun 2010
and 1 earlier roles
Education
IBO Business School Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.); Eindhoven University of Technology Technische Bedrijfskunde; Koninklijk Instituut voor de Marine (KIM)
* Commercial leadership30%No evidence in the profile.
* Yacht network20%Director Kaag Shipyard @ Royal Van Lent Shipyard (Jan 2024 – Present)
* Technical and pricing20%Director Production @ Royal Van Lent Shipyard (Nov 2020 – Jan 2024); Project Manager Production Project Y714 - 110.1 mtr @ Oceanco
Leadership maturity10%Production project manager since 2009 across Oceanco, Balk and Royal Van Lent
Reading. Director of the Kaag yard since Jan 2024, Director Production 2020-2024, project manager on NB 816; Oceanco production project manager for two 110 m builds; interim yard manager and owner of an interim-management firm before. A production man who now runs a site.
Career
Director Kaag Shipyard · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Jan 2024 – Present
Director Production · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Nov 2020 – Jan 2024
Project Manager Project NB 816 · Royal Van Lent Shipyard May 2019 – Apr 2021
Project Manager Production Project Y720 - 109 mtr · Oceanco Aug 2017 – May 2019
Project Manager Production Project Y714 - 110.1 mtr · Oceanco Aug 2014 – Jul 2017
Owner · Hein Eek Maritiem Sep 2012 – Dec 2017
Owner · Hein Eek Maritiem Sep 2009 – Dec 2017
Owner · Hein Eek Maritiem Interim Management Yachtbuilding Nov 2009 – Aug 2015
and 11 earlier roles
Education
TIAS School for Business and Society Masterclass Strategie Implementatie; Tilburg University Masterclass Strategic Management · Tias businessschool; University of Tilburg - TIAS Masterclass Directors
* Business building20%Manager Scheepsinterieurbouw Amsterdam @ Royal Van Lent Shipyard (Jan 2024 – Present)
Leadership maturity10%No evidence in the profile.
Reading. Ran Slob, the Feadship group's hull-building yard, as operational director to 2014 and general director 2014-2020, then moved to Royal Van Lent to manage ship-interior building, since 2024 in Amsterdam. Jongert technical sales and Nirvana Spars managing director before. A hull-yard director inside the Feadship system.
Career
Manager Scheepsinterieurbouw Amsterdam · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Jan 2024 – Present
Manager Scheepsinterieurbouw · Royal Van Lent Shipyard Jun 2022 – Jan 2024
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
