J.B. Hunt Adds Former Kansas City Southern President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer to Board of Directors
Ottensmeyer brings more than 17 years of rail industry experience to the company’s board.
- 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 (KCS), a Class I railroad, from 2015 to 2023, until the completion of the merger creating Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) in 2023.
- Ottensmeyer served as the U.S. Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico Economic Council (USMXECO) from 2019 to 2023.
- Ottensmeyer is the third new board member since 2021 for J.B. Hunt and will serve on the board’s Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.