UPS Names Jim Barber Chief Operating Officer, Appoints Nando Cesarone President, International
06 Mars 2018 - 3:00PM
UPS (NYSE:UPS) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer David Abney
today announced the appointment of Jim Barber as Chief Operating
Officer. As UPS COO, Barber will assume responsibility for the
company’s global small package, freight, supply chain and freight
forwarding units and engineering.
Further, Nando Cesarone is named International President,
replacing Barber and joining UPS’s Management Committee, the
company’s senior leadership group.
“I am pleased to elevate Jim Barber to this key leadership
role,” Abney said. “I look forward to his actions to achieve more
profitable growth through driven execution, and by capitalizing on
our investments in the network, technology and an expanded market
presence. He possesses tremendous breadth of experience, knowledge
and proven ability to generate sustained performance gains.”
“These leadership appointments draw on the deep talent within
UPS’s management team. Nando brings extensive industry experience,
innovative thinking and an entrepreneurial approach that will help
our teams attain ambitious goals,” Abney continued. “These
appointments reward past performance, provide excellent career
progression and create further development opportunities for UPS
leaders elsewhere in the company.”
Jim Barber has served as president of UPS International
since 2013, with responsibility for distribution, forwarding,
small-package delivery, brokerage, and customs compliance. He
assumed responsibility for the Supply Chain and Freight Forwarding
units in 2015. Jim also led UPS's growing investment in
emerging markets, including the creation of the ISMEA operating
district to capture opportunities in south-to-south trade in the
Indian subcontinent, the Middle East and Africa.
Jim previously served as president of UPS Europe, helping
oversee the second wave of international expansion for UPS that
first began in the mid-1990s. Drawing upon his experience in UPS's
Mergers and Acquisitions Group, Jim oversaw several key
acquisitions and integrations. Barber held positions of
increasing responsibility in finance, accounting and operations
management located in the U.S., United Kingdom, Belgium and
Germany. He joined UPS as a delivery driver in 1985. He holds
a degree in Finance from Auburn University.
Barber also serves as a trustee of The UPS Foundation and serves
on the boards of UNICEF USA and the Folks Center for International
Business at the University of South Carolina.
Nando Cesarone, a 27-year UPS veteran, will be
responsible for all UPS International operations. Cesarone
was appointed president of UPS’s European operations in 2015.
The Europe region is UPS’s largest non-U.S. region and generates
more than half of the company’s non-U.S. revenue. Before his
most recent position, Cesarone served as president of the UPS Asia
Pacific Region.
Cesarone has led UPS Europe to record business performance
during the company’s $2 billion, five-year investment in the
region’s technology, network and infrastructure designed to further
improve speed, capacity and reliability for customers of all sizes
doing business in, to, and from Europe.
A native of Toronto, Canada, Cesarone held several key
international management positions at UPS, including country
manager for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland; vice president of
Operations for UPS Canada; president for North-East Europe; and
president, UPS Asia Pacific. While in Asia, he expanded UPS’s
presence in vital emerging markets, and 21 additional cities in
China. He led strategic projects to accelerate intra-Asia transit
times for more than 35 trade lanes connecting 41 markets and
launched new products including Trade Management Services, and
China-to-Europe rail freight. Cesarone, a member of the executive
committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU, received
an MBA from Heriot Watt University - Edinburgh School of
Business.
About UPSUPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics,
offering a broad range of solutions including transporting packages
and freight; facilitating international trade, and deploying
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 or pressroom.ups.com and its
corporate blog can be found at longitudes.ups.com. To
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Twitter.
Glenn Zaccara
404-828-4663
gzaccara@ups.com
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