Nick Shaw was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Group of P&I Clubs in July 2019. Nick is responsible for co-ordination of the collective activities of the 13 International Group member Clubs including the internal organisation of the Group activities, co-ordinating the formulation and development of Group policies, the operation of the Group large claims pooling and reinsurance arrangements and the representation of the Group at Shipping, Trade and Insurance industry events and communication at government and intergovernmental levels. He is an active participant at CMI, BIMCO, GMF, IUMI, ICS, Intertanko, IACS amongst other industry associations.

Nick practised in Shipping and Marine Insurance law from 1990-2019, and has extensive knowledge and experience of the Shipping Industry and the P&I world coupled with considerable high level management experience gained as the Shipping Group Practice leader at the former Richards Butler from 2003-2007, and, following its merger with US based international law firm Reed Smith as Global Shipping & Transportation Industry Group Leader from 2007-2019. He has extensive experience of the Asian market having lived and worked in Hong Kong for two years and managed teams there and in Singapore. He has also managed office teams in New York, Greece and Paris.