Mark Binnie

Mark Binnie is a qualified Master Mariner with a British Class One deck certificate and spent 11 years as a deck officer with Cunard before moving ashore. He joined Burgess in 1987 at the inception of its Yacht Management division, which he founded and led, building it to manage more than 115 yachts and 2,000 crew, and continuously managed the 86-metre NABILA (later KINGDOM 5-KR) for more than 36 years.

He helped develop Burgess' ISM Safety Management System ahead of the 1998 ISM Code, sat on the UK MCA's first Commercial Yacht Code committee, became a Partner at Burgess in 2019, and holds an honorary doctorate in Maritime Studies from Southampton Solent University.

He was a panellist at Mare Forum's 4th Cayman Islands Shipping Summit in 2016 and 1st Mare Forum Fort Lauderdale Yacht Summit in 2014.