MEET OUR BROKERS
Olivier Bourniquel
Olivier joined the Oyster Brokerage team in 2008 following a three year spell selling new and used Dufour Yachts on the south coast of England. Prior to that, he was selling large second-hand sailing yachts and motorboats on the French Riviera. His love for the sea and yachts started with family sailing from La Rochelle when he was a child. He eventually cruised the Mediterranean, Far East and South America. Olivier is fluent in French and English, and is working on his Italian.
olivier.bourniquel@oystermarine.com
+44 (0)1473 695020
Chris Fairfax
Chris joins Oyster Brokerage with a wealth of experience of the US brokerage market and a long career as a yacht captain, including Atlantic and Pacific crossings on board Oysters yachts, so is well placed to advise those looking to purchase a yacht for blue water cruising. Chris and his wife have two young sons - they cruise their S&S designed 34 ft cruising yacht and race a Rhodes 19 in the summer, while Chris keeps busy in the winter playing ice hockey.
chris.fairfax@oystermarine.com
+1 401 846 7400
Rupert Knox-Johnston
Nephew of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, to whom he owes his early sailing experience, Rupert first joined Oyster Brokerage in 2001. He previously worked in sales for Prout Catamarans and prior to that as a skipper and instructor for Sunsail both in the UK and the Mediterranean, following university. A former offshore multihull racer, Rupert is now more interested in family cruising.
rupert.knox-johnston@oystermarine.com
+44 (0)1473 695115
Tom Roberts
Tom started sailing at six months old, suspended from the gooseneck of his parents’ Norfolk dinghy in a bosuns chair. From there he progressed into dinghy and yacht racing, waterskiing and powerboat racing. His career in the marine industry began with Jeckells Sails in Wroxham, from where he moved to Fox’s Yacht Sales in Ipswich, selling Beneteau yachts before joining Oyster Brokerage in 2007.
tom.roberts@oystermarine.com
+44 (0)1473 695050
Matthew Young
Matthew originally planned a career in the city but soon decided he would prefer to work for Sunsail in Greece. He then moved to Bruntons, designing and selling propellers before joining Oyster Brokerage in 2000. He has just celebrated ten years of selling pre-owned Oyster yachts, and has built up a wealth of knowledge and experience about the Oyster fleet in that time.
matthew.young@oystermarine.com
+44 (0)1473 695041