The Board of Directors of Steamships Trading Company Limited announced the intended appointment of Rupert Bray as a Director of Steamships with effect from 27 August 2018. The Board previously announced the intended appointment of Rupert Bray as Chief Operating Officer of Steamships, also with effect from 27 August 2018. Mr. Bray is a senior executive seconded from the Swire Group of Companies. He has worked for the Swire Group for 24 years and is currently the Marine Services Director of Swire Pacific Offshore, based in Singapore, responsible for Swire Pacific Offshore's marine services division, which includes the subsea, renewables, salvage, emergency response and seismic businesses. He is the Managing Director of Singapore based Swire Salvage, and of Dubai based Swire Emergency Response Services, Chairman of Denmark based renewables leader, Swire Blue Ocean, and a director of Norway based Swire Seabed which is the principle operating entity for Swire's subsea businesses. Before joining Swire Pacific Offshore, Mr. Bray held a wide range of positions within the Swire Group, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of UK based, Swire Oilfield Services. Prior to that he held numerous management roles for Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong, Indonesia and India.