Rob Papworth is an English naval architect who moved into the field of high-tech composite sailing yacht construction after spending a couple of years working on racing and cruising sailing yachts around the world. After various management roles on high end carbon cruising yachts, Volvo Ocean Race and America’s Cup yachts, in 2001 he moved to Compositeworks France and became their Commercial Director after being heavily involved in their transition from new building to world renowned refit yard, now named MB92 La Ciotat where he is currently Operations Director. Since 2010 he has also been the Chairman of the ICOMIA Superyacht Refit Group.