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About Us > Management Team

The following experienced executives are based in Luxembourg.

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Nick West: Chief Executive Officer:
Nick was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Euroports (formerly BBI Euroports) in October 2007.

Prior to his role as Chief Executive Officer of Euroports, Nick was employed as the Commercial Director of P&O Ports in London and was a key part of a management team that delivered P&O Ports compound annual growth in excess of 20% since 1998. In addition to overseas postings in Australia and the US, Nick gained extensive international exposure with responsibility for operations in 19 countries.

Previously, Nick was the Finance Director with P&O Ports in London for 5 years, with overall responsibility for the finance and development function of P&O Ports reporting to the Group CEO. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Science from the London School of Economics (BSc Econ (Hons)) and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Contact details: nicholas.west@euroports.com

Richard Jennings

Richard Jennings: Chief Commercial Officer
Richard was appointed CCO of Euroports (formerly BBI Euroports) in October 2007. In this role he provides commercial and strategic management support as the ports portfolio in Europe expands and is integrated to be managed as a single Euroports subsidiary entity

From 2003 up to taking up this role with Euroports, Richard was with PD Ports firstly as Commercial Director for Humber based port services and logistics business, and then as Development Director working closely with Babcock & Brown Infrastructure on the integration of the first of the ports in the Euroports portfolio and assisting the origination team on bids.

Prior to PDP Richard had 5 years with Associated British Ports initially at Port of Southampton and following that at Humber ports where he held a number of commercial roles in sectors such as cruise, container, dry bulk, reefer, and ro-ro. Richard has during his career also worked for P&O Containers in London and Rotterdam with commercial and management roles with international responsibilities, for Unilever looking after their global container shipping and export warehousing, and for German container shipping line Hapag Lloyd.

Contact details: richard.jennings@euroports.com

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Julian Walker: Operations Director
Julian joined Euroports in December 2008 from the Euroports affiliate company Babcock and Brown where he worked on a number of port deal origination projects before joining Euroports.

Julian Walker is a Port Operations Specialist with extensive experience in the industry. Prior to joining Euroports and Babcock and Brown, Julian worked for P&O Ports, latterly DP World, for 7 years. He spent his first two years working in Corporate Finance and Business Development in the London Head Office working on a number of port acquisitions as well tender processes for the right to operate and develop container terminals.

Julian then moved into port operations management, he spent 2 years in Australia working at P&O terminals and then 3.5 years as Head of Operations at Southampton Container Terminals, the 2nd largest container terminal in the UK. Julian has an MBA from the Said Business School.

Contact details: julian.walker@euroports.com