Carl Erik Steen and James Ayers have just been appointed directors of Golden Ocean Group Limited.

Mr Ayers has held the position of secretary of the company since 2018. He has been the chief executive of Front Ocean Management Ltd since 2021 and was previously the head of corporate administration at Frontline Ltd, where he served from 2018.

Over the past decade, Mr Ayers has held various director, company officer and management positions across the maritime and offshore energy sectors.

Since 2019, he has served as director of Oslo-listed companies Paratus Energy Services Ltd and Northern Ocean Ltd.

Before relocating to Bermuda in 2015, when he joined Appleby law firm’s corporate services division, Mr Ayers held management and corporate secretary positions within the finance sector in the UK.

He holds a master’s degree in international business and commercial law, a bachelor’s degree in law and a professional qualification in legal practice.

Mr Steen has extensive experience from shipping and banking, including head of shipping, oil services and the international division in Nordea bank.

Before joining Nordea, he headed the shipping and international division in Christiania Bank and Kreditkassen ASA.

Mr Steen graduated in 1975 from ETH Zurich Switzerland with a msc in industrial and management engineering. He holds directorship positions in various Norwegian and international companies including Golar LNG Ltd, Himalaya Shipping Ltd and Wilhelm Wilhelmsen Holding ASA, where he is the chairman.