- CEO
- Grant Jeffrey Foley
- Full Time Employees
- 388
- Sector
- Commercial services
- Industry
- Miscellaneous commercial services
- Address
- One Strand London GL United Kingdom WC2N 5HR
- IPO Date
- Nov 27, 1997
- Business
- Braemar Plc provides shipbroking, investment advisory, chartering, and risk management services to the shipping and energy markets worldwide. The company operates through three main segments: Investment Advisory, focusing on sales and purchase brokerage with comprehensive market analytics for protected investment opportunities; Chartering, offering customized solutions for tankers, dry cargo, and other vessels supported by advanced technology and databases; and Risk Advisory, providing securities brokerage, derivatives trading including freight forward agreements (FFAs), coal, natural gas, and oil derivatives, as well as corporate finance for loan portfolio management and restructuring. It delivers market intelligence via proprietary platforms such as Braemar Markets for freight, asset, and commodity prices; Braemar Screen for dry cargo FFA trading; Braemar Offshore for offshore energy data; Braemar Offset for emissions tracking and offsetting; and the J19 Index for tanker earnings. Braemar Plc maintains offices in 19 locations across 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, Singapore, the United States (Houston, West Palm Beach, Winter Park, Magnolia), Australia (Melbourne, Perth), Germany, Switzerland, Spain (Madrid), Greece, India (Mumbai), South Africa, Brazil (Sao Paulo), and Scotland (Aberdeen), targeting clients in shipping, commodities, offshore energy, renewables, and financial sectors. Founded in 1988 and headquartered at 1 Strand, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5HR, United Kingdom, the company recently opened its first office in South Africa in July 2025 to support geographic expansion; launched a UK Organised Trading Facility (OTF) in May 2025 with an EU OTF application in progress and DIFC operations advancing; completed a GBP 2 million share buyback; increased its revolving credit facility accordion by GBP 10 million to GBP 40 million in June 2025; and continues to evaluate complementary acquisitions following prior integrations of Southport Maritime Inc. in the US and Madrid tanker desk, which performed strongly in FY25.