UPS BOARD APPOINTS DAVID ABNEY CEO; SCOTT DAVIS REMAINS CHAIRMAN UPON RETIREMENT
Long-Term Strategy and Leadership Continuity Cited The UPS (NYSE:UPS) Board of Directors today announced that it has named David Abney, currently the company’s Chief Operating Officer, as its new Chief Executive Officer and appointed him to the Board of Directors. Scott Davis, 62, who has served as the company’s Chairman of the Board and CEO since 2008, will retire from UPS and will assume the role of non-executive Chairman. Both moves are effective September 1, 2014.Abney, 58, becomes the 11thchief executive officer in the 107-year history of the company. He began his UPS career in 1974
