Nicholas Brown Global Brand & Communications Director Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore Nicholas Brown is Global Brand & Communications Director for Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore. He has worked in the shipping industry for nearly 30 years. Educated in Scotland, he started his career in Hong Kong with a shipowning and management group. He has worked in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Saigon, London, Southampton and Paris. His experience spans shipowning/operations, marketing, PR, investor relations and crisis communications. He has more than a decade of classification society experience. He joined Bureau Veritas in 2016 where he is responsible for promoting and protecting the interests of BV’s marine and offshore activities.