Oslo-listed Flex LNG has strengthened its management team with the appointment of Oystein Kalleklev.

The John Fredriksen-backed company said the former Knutsen NYK Offshore Tanker CFO will become its finance chief.

He was also chairman of NYSE-listed KNOT Offshore Partners and a director at Umoe Gas Carriers, as well as having previously worked as a partner at Clarksons Platou from 2011 to 2013.