Singapore LNG company Pavilion Energy has appointed outgoing Gazprom Marketing & Trading (GM&T) chief commercial officer Frederic Barnaud as its new chief executive officer.

Barnaud, who announced he was stepping down from GM&T in October, will take over from Seah Moon Ming at both Pavilion Energy and its subsidiary Pavilion Gas on 1 February 2018.

In his job at the Russian trader Barnaud, who is also a member of the executive committee of GM&T, has been responsible for the strategic direction and operational leadership of LNG development and trading, as well as other multi-commodity marine, freight and cargo operations.