Executive Moves: Norfolk Southern, Port of Oakland and ECSA

Norfolk Southern appoints chief information officer; Oakland Mayor Libby Schaff re-nominates two Port of Oakland board of port commissioners; and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) names new secretary general in Brussels.

   Norfolk Southern Corp.’s board of directors appointed Fredric Ehlers as chief information officer. Ehlers, a 32-year railroad veteran, joined the Class I railroad in 1985 as a management trainee. He served in various transportation positions before being named assistant vice president in the executive office of the chairman in 2004, and served as vice president of customer service and vice president of network and service management before being named vice president of information technology in 2013. Under his new role, he will continue to serve as vice president of information technology.

   Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf re-nominated Michael Colbruno and Earl Hamlin for new 4-year terms on the Port of Oakland’s board of port commissioners. Colbruno and Hamlin are both former presidents of the seven-member board.
   Colbruno is a partner at the Milo Group of California, a public affairs firm. He joined the board of port commissioners in 2013 and previously served on the city’s planning commission.
   Hamlin, who is retired from investment bank Hambrecht & Quist, joined the board of port commissioners in 2012. He previously served on the Alameda County planning commission.

   The European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) named Martin Dorsman as its new secretary general in Brussels, effective Nov. 1. Dorsman will transfer to the ECSA from the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (KVNR), where he has served as managing director since 2011. Prior to that, Dorsman worked as the KVNR’s deputy managing director for five years. Before his time at the KVNR, he worked as a civil servant for the Dutch government, including six years at the shipping policy department.