UPS Announces Changes to Finance Leadership Team
April 28 2016 - 03:20PM
UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced Joe Wilkins will move into the role
of Vice President and Corporate Controller and Scott Childress has
been named Vice President and Investor Relations Officer. Both will
report to Chief Financial Officer Richard Peretz.
“We have two extremely qualified and seasoned professionals in
Joe and Scott, and I am confident they will be successful in their
new assignments,” said Peretz. “These are very positive moves
for these individuals and for the organization.”
Wilkins has served as head of Investor Relations since 2014. In
his new role as Vice President and Corporate Controller, he will be
responsible for the finance and accounting activities of all UPS
business units and UPS Airlines; as well as the functions of
Business Information and Analytics, Standards, F&A Strategy,
Real Estate, and Global Accounting Sites. The position was
previously held by Mark Vale, who has accepted a special assignment
in international operations.
Childress has served as UPS’s Vice President of Investor
Relations for the past year and will now lead the quarterly
earnings reporting function and ongoing relationships with leading
investors. He was previously Chief Financial Officer for the
Americas Region. Childress also has had 11 years of
experience in the international segment, serving as Vice President
of Finance for Canada in 2008, and later as Vice President of
Finance in Europe.
Wilkins, a 31-year veteran of the company, started his career in
1985 as a part-time package handler. In 1989, he was promoted into
management and has held a variety of accounting and finance
leadership positions throughout the U.S., rising to North Central
Region Finance Director. He moved to international operations in
2003, serving as Vice President of Finance for Canada, then Vice
President of Finance for the Asia Pacific region. In 2007, he
was appointed Chief Financial Officer for U.S. Domestic Small
Package operations. Wilkins earned an undergraduate degree in
business from Oklahoma Baptist University and an MBA from Oklahoma
City University.
Childress joined UPS in 1997 supporting the UPS Air Group.
Later that year, he was promoted to management and held a variety
of accounting and finance leadership positions within the Air Group
and Corporate Finance and Accounting before moving to international
operations. Childress holds an undergraduate degree in Business
Management from Eastern Kentucky University, MBA from Eastern
Kentucky University, and Masters of Science in Economics from
University of Kentucky.
About UPS
UPS (NYSE:UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad
range of solutions including the transportation of packages and
freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. Headquartered in Atlanta, UPS serves more
than 220 countries and territories worldwide. The company can
be found on the Web at UPS.com and its corporate blog can be found
at blog.ups.com. To get UPS news direct, visit
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Glenn Zaccara
404-828-4663
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