A former chief executive of Dutch FPSO specialist SBM has been jailed in the US for three years for his part in an “ international bribery conspiracy”.

Anthony Mace was also fined $150,000 for the scheme which involved payments to government officials in Brazil, Angola and Equatorial Guinea.

Robert Zubiate, a former sales and marketing executive at SBM USA, was also sentenced to prison time with a 30 month sentence and a fine of $50,000.