
Patrick Bachofner is Director of the Geneva Office and Worldwide Director, Yachts at International Registries, Inc., administrator of the Marshall Islands Registry. He joined the organisation in May 2008 as Business Development Manager to open its Geneva office, was promoted to Director, Business Development in January 2011 and to Director, Geneva Office in December 2017, before taking on the Worldwide Director, Yachts role. He previously worked at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Deloitte and JTI (Japan Tobacco International).
He has spoken at Mare Forum events since 2018, including the 2nd Mare Forum Geneva (2018), a further Mare Forum Geneva edition, and the 1st and 3rd (2025) Super Yacht Türkiye.