Dixon Yacht Design’s Bill Dixon (pictured) has been named as the new chairman of the jury for the prestigious DAME Award at METS, the Dutch marine trade show. He succeeds IPC Media’s Kim Hollamby.

Dixon’s design work in the 1980s included the Moody 27 and 41 production boats, custom and semi-custom designs for individuals and companies like Premier Yachts.

METS will be held from November 13-15 this year. It is the world’s largest trade exhibition of marine equipment and accessories for the leisure marine industry. See www.mets.nl/home.asp for more details.