Experience

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  NAKILAT

  • Ras Laffan, Qatar

  • Nakilat Agency General Manager

    • Jul 2021 - Present
    • Ras Laffan, Qatar

    Member of the Executive Leadership team reporting to the CEO.Nakilat provides the logistics and supply chain that delivers over 12% of the world's LNG, and owns and operates a fleet of some of the largest LNG tankers (Q-FLEX and Q-MAX) ever built. Listed on the Qatar stock market as QGTC (Qa...

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  London Stock Exchange

  • London, England, United Kingdom

  • Chief Investment Officer - Walker Family Office

    • Feb 2021 - Present
    • London, England, United Kingdom

    Wealth management, taking both long and short positions. Currently positioning around "higher for longer" on the assumption that the "longer" bit isn't forever.

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  Wilhelmsen group

  • Doha, Qatar

  • General Manager

    • Feb 2015 - Dec 2020
    • Doha, Qatar

    Wilhelmsen is a significant global shipping business. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway, generating an annual profit of over US$ 800 Million.Responsibility for the growth and development of Wilhelmsen Qatar, growing Gross Profit to over $4 Million and lifting return on equity to 28%, with a diverse ...

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  GMT Shipping and Logistics Ltd

  • Lagos, Nigeria

  • Senior Management Consultant

    • Oct 2014 - Dec 2014
    • Lagos, Nigeria

    GMT Shipping operated the break-bulk terminal in Apapa, Lagos, employing over 250 personnel and operating a fleet of 150 Prime Movers. They held the break-bulk agency for COSCO and a JV with Conti Lines (Belgium) exporting Steel and Steel products from China and the Black Sea to West Coast Afric...

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  Inchcape Shipping Services

  • United Kingdom
  • Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • General Manager

    • Jun 2009 - Jun 2014

    Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) handled over 65,000 ship calls annually, including Navy contracts. It is owned by private equity (as at March '23)Responsibility for developing ISS Oman’s business footprint. First to market with an anti-piracy product in partnership with the US Defence Attaché in Muscat during the height of the Piracy attacks off the Yemeni coast, significantly accelerating revenue generation.Headhunted by Jason Nangle at Faststream, Singapore for GMT

  • Regional Warehousing and Distribution Manager

    • Oct 2007 - Jun 2009

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  CEVA Logistics

  • Muscat, Oman

  • Key Account Manager

    • Oct 2006 - Sep 2007
    • Muscat, Oman

    Responsibility for the management of the Occidental (Oxy) account in Oman; revenue generation and operational execution

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  TruckOman

  • Muscat, Oman

  • Division General Manager

    • Feb 2005 - Oct 2006
    • Muscat, Oman

    Shell/PDO contract support, focused on heavy assets that enabled skid mounted rigs to deploy swiftly.Won and executed a US Military Intra-Gulf logistics programme accelerating revenues.

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  Amazon

  • Bad Hersfeld, Germany

  • Fulfilment Centre Manager - Exports (Central Europe)

    • Jan 2004 - Jan 2005
    • Bad Hersfeld, Germany

    Responsibility for all outward shipments from customer order through pick, pack to handover to Deutsche Post, averaging 200,000 units per day in a 40,000m2 facilityImplemented Six Sigma Green Belt “auto-check weight” projec reducing mis-shipments by 98%

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  DHL

  • National Operations Manager (Nigeria)

    • Oct 1998 - Aug 2003

  • Regional HUB Sort Manager (Middle East)

    • Oct 1996 - Sep 1998

  • Territory Sales Manager

    • Nov 1994 - Oct 1996

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  Internationalen Sprachen Institut (ISI)

  • Munich and Dresden

  • English Language Training Consultancy

    • Aug 1991 - Jul 1993
    • Munich and Dresden

    Freelance English teacher in Munich, then teacher retraining in the former Eastern Germany under contract to the Sachsen State Government

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  HSBC

  • Hong Kong and Jakarta

  • Graduate Trainee

    • Oct 1988 - Jun 1990
    • Hong Kong and Jakarta

    Specialised in Trade Finance