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Julia
Harris
Your Trainer
During a highly successful 12-year career in yachting, Julia climbed the ranks from Junior to Chief
Stewardess, and her time on yachts culminated in her managing the yacht purser duties as well as the
land-based administration for her principles' worldwide assets.
Julia eventually came to complete her Purser Course with the Academy in 2020, having had both private
and commercial vessel experience. To date, Julia is still the only student in our 15-year history to graduate
with a perfect 100% across her entire course, including all three of her exams, so she was destined to
eventually come ashore and become one of our trainers.
Chanine
Mierop
Your Trainer
After completing her Bachelor and Master’s degree in ‘Cross Cultural Management’ in Amsterdam,
Singapore and London, Chanine bega her career in Recruitment & Human Resources where she led
multi-functional teams for around seven years.
Chanine then moved to transfer her corporate and high-end hospitality background in yachting. She
successfully managed and trained various teams in the role of HoD and Purser for nine years. Her passion
is to build the best team with an emphasis on communication and personal development.
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