Serving as Chief Executive Officer and President of FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and Senior Vice President of FedEx Solutions, Tom has responsibility for a wide range of solutions for FedEx customers and internal Sales and Operations divisions across all FedEx operating companies.
FedEx Global Supply Chain Services works as an orchestrator across the FedEx operating companies and regions. It combines pre-eminent problem-solving capabilities, specialty services, and the best of the FedEx portfolio to create the right supply chain solutions for our customers.
FedEx Solutions’ extensive range of internal services, which includes solution design and implementation expertise, helps FedEx Sales and Operations deliver the best in customer care across the FedEx operating companies.
Tom joined FedEx in 1998 as vice president of sales and development for FedEx's logistics and eCommerce division. Prior to joining FedEx, Tom spent eight years with the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Co, which advises leading companies on issues of strategy, organization, technology, and operations. While at McKinsey, he worked with many Fortune 500 companies, providing strategy development and operations efforts for the transportation, logistics, retail, utilities, and telecom industries.
Prior to his time with McKinsey, Tom worked for London-based British Petroleum (BP) where his work included project management and financial analysis for the company’s retail marketing network redesign initiative. He later left BP’s London headquarters to serve in a line management capacity for BP in Cleveland, Ohio.
Tom was born and raised in Biberach, Germany and holds degrees from Harvard Business School (MBA with highest distinction) and Middlesex University (B.A. with First Class Honors) in London.
Tom serves on the board of LOGTECH, an advisory organization to the Department of Defense, and as an advisory panel member of the Corporate Executive Board. Tom is Chairman-Elect of the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce Board; serves as Treasurer for the Shelby Farms Park Alliance, and is on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for Ballet Memphis. Tom is also co-author of ‘Simple Solutions’, a leadership book published by Wiley.
