Dillon, who has been with the company for almost 25 years, will be the 10th member of the Gibson board.

He initially worked in tanker operations and then chartering before joining the gas department at the shipbroker.

Gas is one of the largest divisions at Gibson, with staff in London, Singapore and Guangzhou involved in LPG, LNG and product broking.

Dillon joins managing director Nigel Richardson, John Hale, Simon Walker, Peter Groves, Danny Proudfoot, Nick Ward, Merrick Rayner, Terry Gillam, Charles Popham in the Gibson's boardroom.