Corporate Governance

Morten W. Høegh has served as chairman of Höegh LNG since 2006 and is a member of the company’s governance, compliance and compensation committee. Morten W. Høegh has served as a director of Höegh LNG Partners LP since 2014. He also serves as chairman of Leif Höegh (U.K.) Limited. Since 2003 he has been a director of Höegh Autoliners Holdings AS (and its predecessors Leif Höegh & Co. ASA, Leif Höegh & Co. Ltd. and Höegh Autoliners Ltd.). Morten W. Høegh is a director of Höegh Eiendom Holdings AS. He is a director and Chairman of Gard P&I (Bermuda) Ltd. and chairman of its risk and election and governance committees and a director and chairman of certain of its subsidiaries. He also serves as the Chairman of the West Europe committee of DNV. From 1998 to 2000, Morten W. Høegh worked as an investment banker with Morgan Stanley. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School with High Distinction (Baker Scholar) and an MSc in Ocean Systems Management and a BSc in Ocean Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Norwegian citizen and resides in the UK.

Leif O. Høegh has served as deputy chairman of Höegh LNG since 2006 and is a member of the company’s audit committee. He is also the chairman of Höegh Autoliners Holdings AS and Höegh Eiendom Holdings AS. Leif O. Høegh worked for McKinsey & Company and the Royal Bank of Canada Group. He holds an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Leif O. Høegh is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.​

Martine Vice Holter has served as a director of Höegh LNG since May 2021. Martine Vice Holter has been the Chief Executive Officer of Hoegh Capital Partners (HCP) for over a decade. HCP is a family investment office co-located in London and Oslo which manages all of the investment interests of the Hoegh family. Martine Vice Holter oversees a multi-asset class investment portfolio which includes direct investments (both private and public) and financial assets (managed through in-house portfolio managers as well as allocations to third party fund managers). The group embraces an active ownership approach; she is shareholder representative and/or non-executive director on several direct investment boards in the portfolio. Sector focus includes: shipping and transportation; real estate; East Africa agriculture; and media. Corporate actions include: IPOs, M&A, fund-raisings, refinancing, restructurings. Born in Canada, Martine Vice Holter has lived and worked in the US, Asia and Europe and has experience working in Africa. Prior to HCP, she was Chief Operating Officer of Arts Alliance Advisors, a venture capital fund focused on early stage media and technology investments (from 2000- 2005). Previously, she worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company based in London where she focused on strategy, finance and organisation-building. She began her career in investment banking (corporate finance and M&A) with Goldman Sachs in New York followed by Hong Kong. Martine received her MBA from INSEAD (1994) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) joint in Economics and Political Science from Queen’s University, Canada. She is a dual Canadian and British citizen and resides in London.

Alberto Donzelli has served as a director of Höegh LNG since May 2021. Alberto Donzelli is a Managing Director and co-head of Europe for Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP). Alberto worked in the investment banking businesses of UBS and Credit Suisse, where he was part of the European Utilities Group advising on numerous M&A transactions in Europe. Alberto holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University.

Johan Pfeiffer has served as a director of Höegh LNG since May 2021. Johan Pfeiffer is a Managing Director and Operating Partner with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP). He serves on the board of several companies in the MSIP portfolio. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Johan Pfeiffer was the President for Europe, Latin America and Africa for Johnson Controls and previously Tyco. Prior to Johnson Controls, Johan Pfeiffer was a Vice President for FMC Technologies in Houston and General Manager and Managing Director in Kongsberg, Norway. Johan Pfeiffer was previously the Vice Chairman of the US Petroleum Equipment and Services Association. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MSC in Material Sciences Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies (EPFL).

John Kwaak has served as a director of Höegh LNG since May 2021. John Kwaak is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) covering the energy and transportation sectors. Before joining MSIP, he was a Senior Vice President at Fortress Investment Group in their private equity division. Prior to that, he was an associate in the Transportation & Infrastructure Group at Evercore. He also served as First Lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force. John Kwaak holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an AB in Government from Harvard College.

Tonesan Amissah has served as our director since June 2021. Tonesan Amissah is the Managing Director of Appleby Global Services Bermuda (“AGS”), where she oversees all aspects of client service and is a former partner of Appleby (Bermuda) Limited (“Appleby”), where she practiced within the corporate department as a member of the corporate finance and funds & investment services teams, having joined Appleby in 1989. She also serves as a director of Höegh LNG Partners LP and a number of other companies, the majority of which are clients of AGS. Tonesan Amissah holds a law degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and qualified as a Barrister at Holborn Law Tutors in 1988. She is a member of the Bermuda Bar Association, the Institute of Directors and has been an accredited speaker for the Regulatory and Compliance Association since 2015.