Nikos Nomikos is Professor of Finance at Cass Business School and former Director of the MSc course in Shipping, Trade and Finance, one of the leading postgraduate course in shipping and finance. He commenced his career at the Baltic Exchange where he worked on the development of shipping indices which are currently used as pricing benchmarks in the market. His area of expertise is quantitative finance and its applications in ship finance, shipping risk and freight modelling.

Professor Nomikos has collaborated with several companies both as consultant as well as educator and has published more than 50 papers in international academic journals. He has also published numerous book chapters and has co-authored the book “Shipping Derivatives and Risk Management”, considered the leading reference book in this discipline. His views about commodity and shipping markets are also frequently profiles in the press and other media. Professor Nomikos holds a BSc in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance (Distinction) from Cass Business School and a PhD in Finance from Cass Business School. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.