Empresas y finanzas

UPS Chairman & CEO Mike Eskew to Retire; Scott Davis Named as Successor



    The UPS (NYSE:UPS) Board of Directors today announced that
    Chairman and CEO Mike Eskew will step down at the end of the year and
    will be replaced by Scott Davis, who is currently the company's vice
    chairman and chief financial officer.

    Davis, 55, joined UPS in 1986 when it acquired the technology
    company II Morrow, where he was CEO. Davis served in positions of
    increasing responsibility in finance and accounting before assuming
    the role of CFO and joining the UPS Management Committee in 2001. He
    was named vice chairman in 2006 and was elected to the UPS Board of
    Directors that same year.

    "Over the past several years, Scott has worked closely with Mike
    Eskew as an architect of the UPS strategy, helping the company expand
    through acquisitions and investments in new products and technology,"
    said Victor Pelson, a member of the UPS Board of Directors and
    chairman of its Nominating and Corporate Governance committees. "He
    also has an intense focus on execution and growth and has helped
    position the company to continue delivering on its remarkable record
    of success."

    A native of Oregon, Davis also serves as deputy chairman of the
    board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and sits on the board of
    Honeywell International, Inc. He is chairman of the Georgia Council on
    Economic Education.

    Under Mike Eskew's leadership, UPS has flourished. Eskew assumed
    the role of chairman and CEO on Jan. 1, 2002, and under his direction
    UPS has expanded its capabilities into new lines of business that
    complement the company's global package delivery operations.

    Known as an innovator and strategist, Eskew has overseen the
    design of increasingly sophisticated solutions for UPS customers by
    synchronizing the movement of goods, information and funds. These
    expanded capabilities include multi-modal transportation services,
    sophisticated technologies, international trade management, supply
    chain consulting and financial services.

    UPS also has seen unprecedented growth since Eskew assumed the
    helm. From 2002 through 2006, UPS revenues grew by nearly 57 percent
    to $47.5 billion and net income rose by more than 75 percent. More
    impressively, UPS saw its international package revenues more than
    double to $9 billion and its supply chain and freight revenues nearly
    quadruple to $8 billion at the end of 2006.

    "Mike Eskew has helped transform one of America's most admired
    companies into a global logistics organization that helps thousands of
    businesses and individuals succeed every day," said Pelson. "And yet,
    I know that Mike would prefer to be remembered as a shepherd of the
    strong and unique UPS culture and for creating a positive environment
    in which 427,000 UPSers can thrive."

    The company also announced several other changes in senior
    leadership. Replacing Davis as the company's CFO will be Kurt Kuehn,
    who is currently senior vice president of global sales and marketing
    and a member of the UPS Management Committee. Replacing Kuehn will be
    Alan Gershenhorn, who is currently president of UPS International and
    also serves on the UPS Management Committee. Dan Brutto, who is
    currently the president of global freight forwarding for UPS, is being
    promoted to the position of president of UPS International and will
    also join the company's Management Committee.

    Kuehn, 52, is a 30-year company veteran. He has held a wide
    variety of positions in operations, engineering, finance and
    marketing. Kuehn has led the strategic cost department, responsible
    for profit and loss measurement, customer pricing systems and cost
    analysis. He later held the position of vice president of business
    information analysis, where he oversaw market research, competitive
    analysis and data mining.

    Prior to his current position, Kuehn served as UPS's first vice
    president of Investor Relations after playing an instrumental role in
    the company's initial public offering of stock in 1999.

    Gershenhorn, 49, began his UPS career in 1979. He has held various
    U.S. and international positions of increasing responsibility in
    operations, engineering, freight forwarding, logistics, brokerage,
    marketing, strategy and retail services.

    As a member of the company's International Marketing department in
    1993, he helped launch new international services during a period of
    rapid global growth for UPS. Subsequent assignments took him to Europe
    and then to Canada, where as the country's vice president of marketing
    and later as operations district manager he helped restructure UPS
    Canada's operations and services, resulting in significant increases
    in revenues and profit.

    Gershenhorn also has served in several other significant
    leadership positions within the company, including president of UPS
    Canada, president of UPS Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) Global
    Transportation and Shared Services and president of UPS SCS operations
    in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

    Brutto, 51, joined UPS in 1975 and is currently responsible for
    the company's global brokerage services and network management,
    helping to coordinate UPS's extensive air, ocean and ground freight
    operations.

    During the past 32 years, Brutto has held several senior
    management positions in operations, finance, marketing and business
    development for both small package and supply chain services. Earlier
    in his career he played a key role on the company's Acquisitions and
    Financial Integration team, where he was responsible for establishing
    UPS operations in 35 countries across Europe and Asia including the
    United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore,
    Thailand and Malaysia.

    UPS, which celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2007, is the
    world's largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply
    chain services, offering an extensive range of options for
    synchronizing the movement of goods, information and funds.
    Headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., UPS serves more than 200 countries and
    territories worldwide. UPS's stock trades on the New York Stock
    Exchange (UPS) and the company can be found on the Web at UPS.com.