Robert G. Shaw is a managing director of Sea Trade Holdings Inc., an owner and operator of dry bulk cargo ships. He is also a former independent director of Höegh LNG Partners L.P. listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a director of The Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda) Limited. Shaw serves on the Board of Governors of the Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc and previously was the president of Navios Maritime Holdings, Inc.
肖在纽约市的希利和贝利律师事务所从事海商法和公司法的工作，担任助理，后来成为合伙人。他曾担任波罗的海和国际理事会文件委员会的美国代表成员，并且是希腊裔美国商会的前主席和前总裁。
肖于1977年获得牛津大学的学位。