Investor Q&A with Braemar’s CFO Grant Foley: Building a global maritime services platform

In this interview, Grant Foley, group CFO and COO of Braemar, delivers an investor update on the company’s strategic transformation from traditional ship broking to a diversified maritime services platform. He addresses the challenging H1 results, which saw revenues decline 16% amid rate pressures, while highlighting the resilience demonstrated by the securities division’s 9% growth. Foley outlines Braemar’s comprehensive 2030 strategic framework targeting £200m in revenues, a 15% operating margin and significant expansion of the regulated securities business, while addressing investor questions about market fragmentation and consolidation opportunities.

Braemar operates as a global maritime intermediary with 19 offices in 13 countries, facilitating cargo movement across all vessel types including tankers, specialised tankers, dry cargo and offshore vessels, alongside a substantial sale and purchase division. The company has strategically diversified beyond core ship broking into regulated securities products within the energy space. With the recent launch of a UK Organised Trading Facility (OTF) and regulatory expansion into Europe and Dubai planned for 2026, Braemar is positioned to capture value from the highly fragmented ship broking market. Led by experienced management focused on operational excellence, new geography expansion, strategic hiring and targeted M&A, Braemar offers investors diversified exposure to global trade flows with multiple growth vectors across both traditional and emerging maritime service lines.