The soon to retire shipping chief of the Nordea banking group is to join the board of the John Fredriksen led offshore drilling company Seadrill.

Carl Erik Steen (left) and Kjell E Jacobsen.
Carl Erik Steen (59) will join the Seadrill board in February replacing Kjell E Jacobsen a former chief executive of Seadrill’s management company and of drilling contractor Smedvig before it was acquired by Seadrill.

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