Karl, who is also a passionate sailor, obtained his degree in Naval Architecture in his home country the Netherlands. He started his yachting career at Koersvelt Yacht Projects B.V. as a project engineer where he represented various owners and managed their new builds. Further to that he also developed an ISO certified quality control system as a management tool.

In 2007 Karl joined Hill Robinson International as Senior Project Manager and Owner’s Representative. He managed several large new build and refit projects in Germany. In 2015 he was requested to join the board and became Partner. He is now leading various project teams of highly qualified project managers and engineers that are working on maritime and aviation projects all over the world.