Omar Nokta joined Clarksons Platou Securities in 2014 as Managing Director of Shipping Research and leads the US equity research group. He was previously at Global Hunter Securities LLC where he was Senior Shipping Analyst.

Prior to this he was Senior Research Analyst at Dahlman Rose, where he helped build the company into one of the leading shipping focused investment banks, advancing its energy, commodities and metals and mining product offering.

His industry awards include top stock picker according to the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Starmine and he holds a BBA degree in Finance from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Fordham University.