Mats Saether has been appointed managing director of Nordisk Defence Club, a Norwegian law firm that specialises in mutual freight, demurrage and defence claims.

Saether has worked at Nordisk for eight years and will start in the top job on 6 April.

"As my predecessors since 1889, I will split my time between working as a shipping lawyer and managing Nordisk, heading up our stellar team of professionals," he said of his new appointment on LinkedIn.