Crew Profiles:
Captain - Ashley Oberholzer
Ashley Oberholzer is M/Y Lady Amanda's bilingual Anglo/Saxon Captain.
Ashley is British born and was raised in France on his parents 20m charter boat "Champagne Charlie" for 13 years off the Riviera coast. Ashley has now accumulated a significant amount of yachting experience since his career debut in 2008, progressing from deckhand through to engineer, to now on the Captain’s seat.

Ashley has worked on boats ranging from 20m to 60m, covering most of the Mediterranean Sea. An expert Watersports Instructor and an avid explorer, his crew are his family and the sea is his home.

"The safety and training of the crew on Lady Amanda are only matched by the amount of fun and games offered to the guests on-board!"


Chief Stewardess - Athina Ghiglione
Athina Ghiglione is M/Y Lady Amanda’s bilingual Anglo/Franco Chief Stew.
Athina was born on the Cote d’Azur and grew up surrounded by the yachting industry and its community as her British Grand-father started Yacht Brokers International, an office based out of Antibes. Athina had use of her family owned 17m motor boat giving her a natural ease around the vessels she works on and leaves her bubbly personality to meet all the Guests needs with a big smile.

Starting her Yachting career in 2018 in the Mediterranean her main drive is to apply bespoke attentions to always try and be one step ahead of Guests requests.
Being of curious nature Athina has added various courses to her belt - such as Silver Service, Spirits & Cocktails but also including the Power Boat Level II License and her onboard Jet Ski License. Her multiple seasons of deck and watch experience have honed her maritime knowledge to be a great addition to the vessel.

Unironically her favourite question remains …“Champagne?”

Chef - Johane Garrone
Johane has joined Lady Amanda for his second season in yachting. He was born into a restaurant owning family in New Caledonia, starting very young helping around in the family business gave him a natural instinct for cooking and managing the restauration environment.
This was instrumental after starting to make his own way into the culinary world, starting to perfect his skills on land at first and then gathering knowledge whilst travelling the globe all in order to be an impressive addition to any size of yacht.
From Mediterranean to Pacific exotic dishes, nothing is out of his reach.

“Bon Appetit”

Deckhand/Watersports Instructor - Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson is M/Y Lady Amanda’s Deckhand/Watersports Instructor.
Daniel is British but has travelled over the world giving him a wide scope of experiences, living within different cultures and countries including - Thailand, Malta, Canary Islands, England and France.
Daniel has transferred his shore-based skills as a Watersports Activity Instructor/Surf School teacher and outdoor Events organizer and applied them onboard Lady Amanda’s extensive water toys selection. He has successfully completed all maritime training and combined this to his many years of previous seagoing experience to be able to start out this season onboard Lady Amanda.

Having had the chance to climb up to Annapurna Basecamp in Nepal gave Daniel the experience in pushing over and above to achieve extraordinary results.
Dan’s easy going and open demeanour makes all guests feel welcome and safe without diluting the amount of fun and professionalism provided.

In Dan’s words “Be safe, look good, have fun”

Stewardess - Lyndsey Bowles
Lyndsey is the newest addition to our interior team. Growing up in Kinsale, Ireland – the sister town of Antibes - and being heavily involved in her grandads sailing courses (dinghy, lasers) along with 6 years of working in the hospitality sector in Cork, this has made her the ideal candidate for Lady Amanda.
Her bright and friendly personality makes her presence appreciated by all along with her calm demeanour and professional approach, will ensure that you lack for no comfort during your visit onboard.

“One Irish coffee a day keeps the doctors away”