LOWELL, Ark. — J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., a North American supply chain solutions provider, has elected Patrick Ottensmeyer to its board of directors, effective Jan. 12, expanding the board to 10 total board seats.
Ottensmeyer brings more than 17 years of rail industry experience to the company’s board. He served as president and CEO of Kansas City Southern from 2015 to 2023, until the completion of the merger creating Canadian Pacific Kansas City in 2023. Previously he held other executive positions with KCS since 2006.
In addition, Ottensmeyer served as the U.S. chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico Economic Council from 2019 to 2023. He currently serves on the board of directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; for The Greenbrier Companies, a, international supplier of equipment and services to global freight transportation markets; and for Watco Companies, a single-source transportation and supply chain services company with locations throughout North America and Australia.
He also is co-chair of the Brookings Institute USMCA Initiative and chair of the Truman Library Institute, and he has received numerous industry awards.
This is the third new board member since 2021 for J.B. Hunt, and Ottensmeyer will serve on the board’s Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
Last year, Persio Lisboa joined the board following his retirement in 2021 as president and CEO of Navistar Inc., a global original equipment manufacturer in the transportation industry. Thad Hill, CEO of power company Calpine Corp., was elected to the board in 2021.
Nominees for the board of directors are selected on the basis of, among other criteria, relevant business and financial expertise and experience, including the highest character and integrity, and freedom from conflicts of interest that would interfere with performance as a director. More information about the company’s governance is available online.
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