Øyvind Rørslett holds a master's degree in business administration from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen in 1976. As of June 2018, he is affiliated with Vista Analyse as an associate partner. Rørslett has extensive experience from the transport sector, public transport and physical planning. He has experience from both the train operator side, competition within the market for train traffic, as well as advisory work and investigations and planning related to public transport.