Ken Eriksen

Senior Vice President, Head of Client Advisory & Development, Energy & Transportation, and Policy

Ken Eriksen is responsible for directing the IHS Markit Client Advisory & Development, Energy & Transportation, and Policy groups efforts in client advisory, development, risk management, consulting and events.

He regularly speaks on commodity, transportation and infrastructure issues, and is an expert witness in transportation, logistics and supply-chain matters. Ken joined IHS Markit in 2001, leading the IHS Markit Transportation, Industrials and Energy Services team, the Barge Fleet Profile, Barge Commodity Profile and Inland Barge Industry Fact Book, and co-leading IHS Markit's project consulting practice. Before joining the company, he worked for USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, and for its Agricultural Marketing Service. He also worked as an international longshoreman for the Pacific Maritime Association. Ken has bachelors and masters degrees in agribusiness and agricultural economics from Washington State University.