Vegard Hellekleiv (born 1969) has served as Chief Operations Officer since 2017 and prior to that he was Chief Technical Officer since 2013. He has been employed with Höegh LNG AS and its predecessors since 1998. He worked 3 years in DNV after graduating, and has gained 20 years of experience working with business development, site supervision, ship management and execution of capital projects. He holds a Master of Science in marine technology from NTNU in Trondheim. He is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.