SINGAPORE - Sembcorp Marine on Friday (April 20) announced the appointment of Patrick Daniel as an additional director on the company's board with immediate effect.

Mr Daniel, who will be an independent director, was also appointed an additional member of the audit committee and the executive resource & compensation committee at the same time.

The journalism veteran, who retired from Singapore Press Holdings last year, was editor of The Business Times, managing editor of English and Malay newspapers and editor-in-chief of the English/Malay/Tamil Media Group.