Nigel Gardiner
Managing Director
Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd
Nigel Gardiner has worked in the international shipping industry for 29 years.
He joined Drewry in 1981 and was appointed a Director of the company in 1985 and subsequently the Managing Director in 1996. In 2000 he led a successful management buy-out.
He has an honours degree in history and economics and began his career in research and consulting in 1973. Before joining Drewry he worked for the multi-national engineering group Hawker Siddely and then for Industrial Market Research, a subsidiary of one of the world's largest research organisations in a number of research and marketing roles.
Drewry is an independent organisation providing research and consulting services to the international shipping, port and logistics industries. Established in 1970, it an has an extensive product/service portfolio and a worldwide client base, with operational centres in the United Kingdom, Singapore and India.