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Alper Tolga Kenaroğlu

Alper Tolga Kenaroğlu

Yacht Broker
Istanbul,34

Summary

I have a twenty years of experience in yachting industry as a yacht broker. I have also worked at new construction and refitting projects.

As a business owner I have been in all parts of a yacht purchasing process from survey and sea trial to closing, legal issues, contracting, transportation, listing and marketing of brokerage inventory.

I have built a strong and wide network of industry specialists from all around the world.

I am a highly motivated individual passionately focused on goals and establishment that my profession requires.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages

Work History

Owner - Yacht Broker

Delphine Yachts
Istanbul, Istanbul
09.2012 - 12.2023
  • I became a co-owner in Delphine Yachts and worked as Senior Broker. We have completed sales for customers from many countries like Canada, South Africa, USA and purchased boats fro Turkish clients from countries like Spain, Italy, France, Lebanon, UAE, Greece.
  • Meanwhile we founded a company in Palma de Mallorca, Spain with commercial title "Grupo Delphine Mallorca SL" and opened a office in Club de Mar, Palma.
  • After 2 years of operation my partner returned back in Turkey and we continued brokerage and mostly specialized boats over 30 meters.
  • I have also worked closely with yards for new or unfinished projects.

Yacht Broker

Azra Gündoğdu Private Company
Istanbul
03.2011 - 09.2012
  • Moving to Pendik Marinturk at the end of 2010, we have started Concept Yachts with Mr.Haluk Gündoğdu, my former employer at Konsept Denizcilik.
  • I have taken the role of office manager, yacht broker and project manager in the company.
  • We started representing Numarine Yachts, Yuka Yachts, Rockharbour, Maxi Dolphin, Sacs, Sevenseas Yachts and Atlantis as dealer of Turkiye and some neighbouring countries.
  • We have completed a couple of refitting projects.
  • I personally worked to build the international dealership network for Yuka Yachts.
  • We have attended all yacht shows in Istanbul.

Yacht Broker

Konsept Denizcilik
Istanbul
07.2006 - 11.2010
  • I was transferred from Motoryat to sister company and started mainly as a sales representative of Guzelce Marina and also yacht broker for Atlantis yachts and brokerage for the used boats.
  • Meanwhile at the same marina sister company built motoryachts 36 m, 40m, 42 meters and completed multiple extensive refit projects.
  • I had the chance to follow all the projects from the very beginning until launch. Meanwhile supported the administrative activities of the marina, corporate relations with government branches.
  • With the company I have attended all exhibitions in Istanbul not only for yachting but also luxury industry.

Managing Co-Owner

Major Tekstil
Istanbul, Istanbul
01.2005 - 10.2011

While working closely with Motoryat company I have founded an international trade company.

At Major Tekstil, we purchased textile garments, shoes directly from producers.

We opened a centre in Istanbul for storage, quality control, repair, packaging and printing on garments.

We also opened 5 retail and wholesale stores in various parts of Istanbul.

We also exported the goods to Germany, Russian Federation and Ukraine.

For this purpose I founded a company in Simferepol, Ukraine and opened a retail store too.

Yacht Broker

Motoryat Turizm Tekstil San Ve Tic.
Istanbul
02.2004 - 07.2006
  • The company was dealer of AstonDoa Yachts and also built 40 foot sport cruiser motoryachts in the early years of operation.
  • Later leaving AstonDoa, the dealership of Italian yacht builder Atlantis Yachts had started. Having the office in the service area of Ataköy Marina, the company also started repair and maintenance for vessels. Later the production line was expanded with various models like Lobster boats.
  • I have worked as sales representative, office manager and attended yacht shows in Istanbul.
  • The company moved to Guzelce Marina in western part of Istanbul and I started working for the marina as the company undertake the completion of the unfinished marina. So I took care of all the official relations with related government units, ministries and the local municipality authority. I worked to coordinate the building activities and legal authorities.

Officer

T.C. Başbakanlık
Istanbul
01.1999 - 08.2004
  • Established effective relationships with key stakeholders both internally and externally for increased collaboration opportunities.
  • Mentored junior staff members, helping them develop their skills and advance in their careers.
  • Improved department efficiency by streamlining and implementing policies and processes.

Operations Assistant

Mudo Hazır Giyim
Istanbul, Istanbul
10.1995 - 03.1996
  • I worked at the founding of Mudo Card, which was the first retail card with credit card specifications in Turkiye. I have worked at creating a database of customers, presenting the card to that database, worked at marketing activities at Mudo Stores, trained the sales people of the stores, worked as a provision officer, also as customer relations to solve the problems during the usage of the card.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Istanbul Univ - Faculty of Business Administration
Istanbul, Turkey
10.1991 - 11.1998

Skills

Business management

Customer relation

Relationship building

Small business operations

Marketing

Business development

Affiliations

Fenerbahçe SK Congress Member

Timeline

Owner - Yacht Broker

Delphine Yachts
09.2012 - 12.2023

Yacht Broker

Azra Gündoğdu Private Company
03.2011 - 09.2012

Yacht Broker

Konsept Denizcilik
07.2006 - 11.2010

Managing Co-Owner

Major Tekstil
01.2005 - 10.2011

Yacht Broker

Motoryat Turizm Tekstil San Ve Tic.
02.2004 - 07.2006

Officer

T.C. Başbakanlık
01.1999 - 08.2004

Operations Assistant

Mudo Hazır Giyim
10.1995 - 03.1996

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration

Istanbul Univ - Faculty of Business Administration
10.1991 - 11.1998
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