Nick's CV
Nick Fisher
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Profile summary
Strategic Chief Executive Officer with 30+ years shaping maritime logistics, shipping, and port operations outcomes across the GCC and international markets. Known for driving financial turnarounds, post-merger integrations, and multi-asset fleet expansions. Committed to corporate governance, operational excellence, and sustainable enterprise growth.
Career highlights
Logistics Group Transformation: Returned business from a loss to profit, increased EBITDA by 76%, and improved schedule integrity from 68% to 96% across operations.
Corporate Strategy Development: Developed and secured Board approval for corporate strategy, implemented business transformation, and expanded operations into new shipping markets.
Terminal and Port Operations: Increased container terminal productivity by 85% and capacity by 30% while reducing operational costs and securing long-term operating license agreements.
Shipping Fleet Management: Established an in-house commercial, operational, and technical organization, taking multiple container, dry bulk, and tanker vessels into management within 12 months.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reports directly to the Board with full accountability for strategy, performance, governance, capital investment, and organisational transformation. Steered six operating businesses encompassing commercial, operations, finance, HR, and HSSEQ across Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.
- Reversed a loss of USD2mn into a profit of USD7mn through targeted restructuring.
- Increased EBITDA 76% across the operating businesses.
- Increased revenue 14% by expanding operations in Solomon Islands.
- Improved schedule integrity from 68% to 96% through operational oversight.
- Established standalone Ship Management business and secured Board approval for fleet renewal.
Defined organizational strategy and business plan, steering the development of a dry port and logistics park serving northern Iraq. Guided the expansion of commercial services and client base.
- Authored and delivered a 5-year strategy.
- Reduced operating costs while increasing facility efficiency.
Shaped international business expansion for ports, terminals, and logistics operations outside the United Arab Emirates. Guided regional and information technology strategy while advising the Middle East Chief Executive Officer on organizational structure and operational plans across an enterprise generating 1.5 billion dollars in revenue.
- Steered the business intelligence team to support international project development and joint venture identification.
- Secured approval for Middle East and Central Asia strategic frameworks and organizational designs.
- Rolled out a digital platform and associated lessons learned process across regional operations.
Guided shipping strategy for the chief executive and board while managing technical ship management operations. Built corporate governance, processes, systems, and budgeting frameworks from the ground up for diverse shipping assets.
- Took 14 container, 8 dry bulk, and 7 tanker vessels into commercial and technical management within 12 months.
- Concluded and executed dry bulk shipping joint venture agreements with Sudanese and Bangladeshi counterparts.
- Established commercial agreements for contracts of affreightment, bareboat and time charters, joint ventures, vessel sharing agreements, and technical ship management agreements.
- Developed and secured board approval for the corporate strategy.
- Expanded operations into container feeder activities and port concessions.
- Led operational due diligence and transformation programmes identifying sustainable savings across maritime operations, procurement, ports, commercial, and corporate functions.
- Delivered financial and operational restructuring advisory services for international shipping operations.
- Delivered EUR 17mn in savings during 2021 by identifying and supporting EBITDA improvement initiatives.
- Provided subject matter expertise to management and the Board regarding port and terminal operations, processes, and KPIs.
- Delivered a 5-year strategic plan and business roadmap alongside internal transformation projects.
- Executed training programs on company values for 350 staff members during 2020 and 2021.
- Completed post-merger integration of 3 legacy ship owning companies and outsourced crew management.
- Reduced cost in 2019 by 17%, representing USD 50mn in OPEX savings, while increasing container terminal productivity by 85% and capacity by 30%, converting prior year loss to profit.
- Turned around financial performance and expanded into new markets while reducing operational costs across the shipping platform.
- Established Saga Welco joint venture, creating a large forest products shipping platform and outsourcing third-party ship management.
- Delivered USD 8mn in bottom-line improvements in 2011 and USD 24mn in 2012.
- Increased profit to USD 155mn in 2012, marking the highest Group Operating Profit.
- Secured the 10-year management contract for Doha Port.
- Executed the build and go live of the CT7 Container Terminal for Qatar Petroleum.
- Advanced through successive executive roles overseeing global terminal operations and commercial management.
- Managed international logistics and terminal networks across European business units.
- Directed terminal operations teams across multiple regions.
- Managed commercial strategies for global logistics networks.
- Advanced through successive executive appointments across international logistics operations.
- Managed commercial strategies and terminal operations within global enterprise structures.
- Executed executive leadership duties across global terminal operations and commercial management.
- Managed international logistics initiatives within the corporate group structure.
- Completed professional naval training and qualification processes for submarine service.
- Stood watch and maintained operational readiness aboard submarine vessels.
Education
Open business courses
Port & Terminal Management
Languages
English · Native