Hoegh LNG has appointed a former Western Bulk executive as its new CFO.

Havard Furu will join from 1 March, replacing interim finance chief Steffen Foreid.

Foreid will continue as CEO and CFO of spin-off Hoegh LNG Partners.

The new man is currently CFO of law firm Wikborg Rein.

Before that he was finance chief at Western Bulk between 2009 and 2017, and was formerly employed by BW Gas as assistant director of strategy and finance.