Hill Robinson Separates Procurement and Fleet-System Leadership Roles

Hill Robinson has identified Matthew Hrachovec as Head of Procurement and Peter van Toor as Fleet Management System Product Owner, setting separate leadership responsibilities for purchasing and software. Its company material names both specialists as part of the yacht-management group's additional-services team.

For owners of smaller professionally managed luxury yachts, the distinction concerns purchasing accountability and the digital systems used to monitor fleet work. This is a business-services update rather than an announcement of a new yacht or an endorsed software product.

Procurement has a named lead

The company's official additional-services page names Hrachovec as Head of Procurement and explains its purchasing support for equipment, spares and logistics. It presents the service as a process that should remain transparent about options, prices and delivery times.

For an owner arranging refit work, documented specification and approval routes are more useful than a generic promise of quick delivery. The yacht's management contract determines which decisions a supplier may take on the owner's behalf.

Fleet systems have separate ownership

Peter van Toor is listed as FMS Product Owner, distinct from the procurement leadership role. The separation gives the company a named contact for the systems supporting its fleet-management workflows.

Software can organise maintenance and purchasing records, but a manager must still verify the underlying information and keep access permissions current. No claim is made here about a new release or mandatory product for the wider 12–23.99-metre market.

Relevance beyond the largest vessels

Owners of smaller crewed yachts also need clear ordering authority, accurate maintenance records and supplier follow-up. Whether they require a full management package depends on the vessel and the owner's own operating arrangements.

The official portrait identifies the individuals, and the roles are stated by Hill Robinson. LYG does not infer appointment dates beyond the company's published material.