CSX Corporation announced the appointment of Steve Fortune as executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer. Mr. Fortune will lead all digital and technology operations and planning for CSX, and will focus on harnessing transformative technologies to unlock growth and enable continued efficiency across the business. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Fortune spent 30 years at BP, most recently as chief information officer (CIO) of the global BP Group.

Previously, he held positions as CIO and vice president for BP's Upstream oil and gas business, and also served as a regional CIO. He began his BP career as a chemical and process engineer before moving into operations management and transitioning into information technology in 2003. Mr. Fortune is a graduate of the CIO of the Future program at Boston University and the University of California, Berkeley.

He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Loughborough University in England.