Group contact directory
Group Head Office:
Braemar Shipping Services plc
35 Cosway Street
London NW1 5BT
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0)20 7535 2650
www.braemarplc.com
James Kidwell FCA
Chief Executive Officer
T: +44 (0)20 7535 2650
E: james.kidwell@braemarseascope.com
Laura Bugden
Company Secretary
T: +44 (0)20 7535 2650
E: laura.bugden@braemarseascope.co.uk
Board of Directors
Non-executive Directors
Sir Graham Hearne CBE
Chairman
Committee memberships: None.
Background and relevant experience:
Qualified solicitor, formerly Chairman of Enterprise Oil plc.
Current external appointments: Non-executive Director of Rowan Companies Inc and Vallar PLC.
John Denholm
Non-executive Director
Committee memberships: Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.
Background and relevant experience: A Chartered Accountant, currently Chairman of J&J Denholm Limited.
Current external appointments:
J&J Denholm Limited, Anglo Eastern Management Limited, Chamber of Shipping Limited and a member of the Executive Committee of the Baltic International Maritime Council.
Alastair Farley
Non-executive Director
Background and relevant experience: Qualified solicitor and a founding partner of Watson, Farley & Williams LLP, a firm of international lawyers, and senior partner from 1982-1999. He remains a senior adviser there. Formerly a non-executive Director of Close Brothers Group plc.
Current external appointments: Chairman of Seaguard Offshore Group, Director of Nautilus Holdings Limited, Opus Portfolio Group, Gyroscopic Fund Limited and J&P (Overseas) Limited and senior adviser to Chandris Group.
David Moorhouse CBE
Non-executive Director
Committee memberships: Chairman of the Nominations Committee, member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Background and relevant experience: Formerly Chairman of Lloyd’s Register, adviser to UK DTI on technology exports, trustee of the National Maritime Museum and Director of Sovcomflot London.
Current external appointments: Trafalgar House Trustees Limited, Chairman of Maritime London.
Executive Directors
James Kidwell FCA
Chief Executive Officer
Background and relevant experience: Chartered Accountant. Formerly Finance Director of Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited and Group Financial Controller of Carlton Communications PLC.
Current external appointments: None.
Martin Beer
Group Finance Director
Background and relevant experience: Martin Beer trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse and was Finance Director of Unigate Dairies Limited. For the last 10 years he was Finance Director of Uniq PLC.
Current external appointments: None.
Denis Petropoulos
Executive Director with responsibility for tanker chartering and development in Singapore where he is now based.
Background and relevant experience: Established Braemar Tankers in 1986.
Current external appointments: None.