 SAN DIEGO--BUSINESS WIRE--Heritage Global Inc. NASDAQ: HGBL Heritage Global, HGI or the Company, an asset services company specializing in financial and industrial asset transactions, today announced that Samuel L. Shimer has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors. Former Chair and Board of Directors member Allan C. Silber has resigned from Heritage Globals board, effective at the close of the March board meeting, following a long tenure with, and stewardship of, the Company, 