Executive Moves: Höegh Autoliners and RSI

Höegh Autoliners names chief executive officer, and the Railway Supply Institute appoints president.    Norwegian ocean carrier Höegh Autoliners has named Ivar Myklebust chief executive officer, effective Dec. 1.
   Myklebust has served as chief financial officer of Höegh Autoliners for the last three years. Prior to that, he was head of strategy and special projects in Nordea’s shipping, offshore and oil services division. He has also worked at D/S Norden, Anders Wilhelmsen & Co. and Pareto Securities.
   Myklebust is succeeding Ingar Skiaker as CEO. Skiaker will take over a new role as a director of Leif Höegh & Co, the Høegh family’s shipping holding company.

   The Railway Supply Institute (RSI), a trade association for the rail supply industry, has appointed Mike O’Malley to serve as president, effective Feb. 1, 2018, succeeding Tom Simpson, who is retiring after serving in the role since 2010.
   O’Malley previously worked at CSX as vice president, state government and community affairs before being named vice president, procurement and supply chain management in 2013. From 2002 until 2007, he worked at the U.S. Department of Transportation as counselor to the undersecretary for policy, deputy assistant secretary for transportation policy, and as chief of staff with the Federal Aviation Administration. Prior to his tenure with DOT, he served as a government relations advisor with Shaw Pittman LLC, and prior to that, he worked for International Trade Services Corp., the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago, and on the staff of Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.