Nikos Nomikos is Professor of Shipping Finance and Risk Management at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass).

His expertise is on the application of scientific, quantitative-based methods in shipping. Examples include the development of ship valuation models, designing shipping indices and market benchmarks, structuring risk management products, valuation of freight derivative contracts, big-data analytics for assessing market dynamics, cash-flow modelling of shipping projects, shipping finance, valuation of shipping equities and bonds and alternative forms of finance. His research work has been widely published and cited extensively. He has more than 50 papers in ranked peer-reviewed journals, numerous book chapters and has co authored the book “Shipping Derivatives and Risk Management”, considered a major reference book in this discipline. His views on the global economy and shipping markets are frequently featured in the press and other media.

Some of his recent expert witness work includes the structuring and valuation of freight contracts, quantifying the loss of earnings from freight contracts and the use of FFA and bunker swaps in risk management.