By Tess Stynes
United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) appointed Alan Gershenhorn as
its first chief commercial officer, part of several management
changes as the U.S. shipping giant aims to improve its
performance.
The move comes nearly a week after the UPS named Chief Operating
Officer David Abney as the successor of Chief Executive Scott
Davis, starting in September. Mr. Abney and his team will need to
steer UPS through the explosion of e-commerce business and improve
a U.S. operation that struggled to keep pace with Christmas
shipments last year.
Mr. Gershenhorn has been "instrumental in defining and driving
our strategic priorities of health-care logistics, global business
to consumer services, and emerging markets capabilities, Mr. Davis
said in a statement.
These will remain priorities among many other growth platforms
that will redefine UPS over the next decade," Mr. Davis said.
Mr. Gershenhorn, 55 years old, is credited with leading other
transformation efforts at the company. He began his UPS career in
1979 as a part-time package handler, according to the company.
Write to Tess Stynes at tess.stynes@wsj.com
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