The board of directors of Bermuda-headquartered liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company Flex LNG has accepted the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and named an interim one.

The LNG firm disclosed that Øystein Kalleklev has decided to step down as CEO. After coming on board in October 2017, Kalleklev was named CEO in August 2018. Before his career at Flex, Kalleklev was CFO of Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers and Chairman of the General Partner of the MLP KNOT Offshore Partners, among others.