Chief Executive Officer Marine, Babcock
Chief Executive Officer Marine, Babcock
Prior to becoming Chief Executive, Marine, Sir Nick led Babcock’s work to support AUKUS delivery with UK, Australia, and US partners to increase export opportunities across the Group. He moved to Babcock after 37 years’ service in the Royal Navy, ultimately serving as Second Sea Lord, Chief Executive of the organisation.
Nick’s military career was wide-ranging – he spent the first twenty years of his career as a submariner on classified operations in the North Atlantic; he was the second in Command of HMS Splendid – a submarine that tested and operationally employed the first Tomahawk missiles for the Royal Navy. He was then in command of the nuclear submarine, HMS Talent, at the age of 33. He also commanded surface ships, HMS Blackwater and HMS Westminster. Nick spent a year under US Command in Baghdad, leading on the reconstruction of the Iraqi Navy during the Iraq War in 2009. His senior naval career took him from procurement to being the sole military adviser in HM Treasury working directly to the Chancellor, followed by policy and strategy development before his role as Second Sea Lord.
Nick has been decorated by the UK and US Governments and was knighted in 2023.