She speaks fluent French and Spanish and will work on the Paris Boat Show as her initial project.

Jack Monk has been appointed marine division sales manager at Merlin Equipment .Monk has over 30 years of experience in the marine electrical field.

"Jack's experience places Merlin in an excellent position for substantial growth over the next five years, " commented Merlin md, John Hortop.

has been appointed vice president of international marine sales and marketing for the Robbie Brown TeleflexMorse Marine Group .He will assume responsibility for sales and marketing of all TeleflexMorse Marine product lines outside North America and will work closely with the international divisions to develop the company's overall strategic plans.

A familiar face to TeleflexMorse, Brown worked for the company for 10 years prior to joining Brunger Export Co in 2001, from whence he returns. He will be based at the TeleflexMorse international headquarters in Dorset, England.

Manuel Sevilla-Moroder hasbeen a pointed export development manager at the British Marine Federation (BMF).

Sevilla-Moroder has over 10 years experience in international trade and has worked in the Netherlands, Spain and UK.

He is a keen sailor and speaks German, Spanish and Dutch.

Sarah Norbury has been appointed editor of Poolebased Practical Boat Owner magazine. Incumbent editor, Rodger Witt , announced recently that, after 30 years on the title, during which he ascended from writer to editor, the time has come to move on.

Norbury started her career with Yachts and Yachting andsubsequently worked on Boat International, Classic Boat and Motor Boat and Yachting before she was promoted to editor of Yachting Monthly in 1999.

Neil Graham has joined the Offshore Challenges Sailing Team as operations director.

He will oversee the company's racing projects including Ellen MacArthur's Jules Verne record attempt on Kingfisher II .Graham was shore manager for Assa Abbloy's Volvo Ocean Race campaign and oversaw the build and technical developments of the Volvo boats for Assa.

He has been a professional yachtsman since 1974, sailing in almost every major yacht race. Two Whitbread Round-the-World-Race campaigns ( Rothmans/Silk Cut ), six Admiral's Cups and he was part of the winning One Ton Cup crew in 1985. And others.

Robin Evans has been appointed CEO at British Waterways (BW).

Currently the organisation's commercial director, Evans will take over as its new chief executive when the current CEO, Dave Fletcher, retires in December.

Evans joined BW from the Historic Royal Palaces and was chief executive of the Landmark Trust.

Andy Phillips has joined the sales team at independent marine sales company, SailForce .Formerly the group buyer for chandlery products with MarineForce, Phillips has superb knowledge of all types of marine equipment through both his professional career and extensive leisure pursuits.

He will cover the South and South East sales region in conjunction with SailForce director Martin Humby.

Prior to joining MarineForce, Phillips worked as shop manager in one of the Aladdin's Cave outlets on the Hamble River.