Nigel Richardson took over in the hot seat as the sixth managing director of UK-headquartered shipbroker EA Gibson at the turn of the year.

Genial, attentive and engaging, Richardson, 53, is a very different face than either of his predecessors and one he looks set to make known in the way the company is run in future.

At Gibson's Ely Place base, just off London's famous jewellery quarter of Hatton Garden, Richardson proudly shows off what will be a new interior look for the office.