Expeditors’ Robert L. Villanueva Announces Retirement Plans
2014年8月8日 - 9:10AM
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Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPD) today
announced that Robert L. “Bob” Villanueva, President of the
Company’s Americas region, has informed the Company of his
intention to retire at the end of 2014, after 20 years of
service.
Mr. Villanueva joined Expeditors as Regional Vice President of
the US Northwest Region, after having spent 25 years working in the
industry in areas of increasing responsibility. His performance as
a Regional Vice President, particularly the impact he made with his
expertise in recruitment, sales and air export operations, led to
his promotion to President-The Americas in 2000. During his 15-year
tenure as President-The Americas, which included the “Great
Recession” of 2009, Mr. Villanueva’s region grew operating income
at an unmatched compound annual growth rate of 15%. His direction,
drive and cultural awareness also grew a fledgling Latin American
operation he inherited in 2000 into an increasingly strategic
component of Expeditors global service offering. That component
most recently helped the Company capitalize on the increasingly
strategic Asian to Latin American trade lane. Mr. Villanueva’s most
noticeable achievement, however, was to transform Expeditors’ North
America air export operations from, to quote a term used by former
CEO Peter Rose, “anemic” anonymity to national notoriety.
Expeditors currently ranks second “and closing” among air export
airfreight forwarders in the United States.
Philip M. Coughlin, President-Global Geographies and Operations,
in an internal announcement released to the Company’s employees
earlier today, described Villanueva as “a great leader, a wonderful
mentor, coach and friend.” Coughlin went on to say, “If you have
worked for or with Bob, then you know it will be a great loss for
us when Bob hangs up his cleats. When we think of Bob -
we think of people like Joe Montana - cool, calm and collected in
the most trying and challenging times all while exuding a quiet
confidence of ‘don’t worry guys - we’re gonna win this one.’”
“As one of many in our executive management team who have had
the privilege of reporting to and learning from Bob during my
career, there isn’t enough I can say about his impact on Expeditors
that would do justice to his contributions. The legacy he leaves
with those he has mentored and influenced is, however, the most
fitting and probably in Bob’s mind, the most preferred monument to
his influence. Bob has mentored and developed more of our executive
leadership team than any other single person, with the possible
exceptions of Peter Rose and James Wang, whose idea it was to start
Expeditors over 30 years ago. Bob’s experience and expertise has
been invaluable in our strategic assessment and we’re going to be
working him hard right up until the 31st of December as we
implement our plans. We’re very grateful to Bob and we’re going to
miss him a lot around here. We wish the very best to him and to his
family,” said Jeffrey S. Musser, President and Chief Executive
Officer.
“My career at Expeditors has been more than a dream come true
and I’m very grateful to (former CEO) Peter Rose, for giving me the
opportunity to work here. When I reflect on the experiences I’ve
had and what has occurred in my life and in the life of my family,
there is no way I would have believed this could all have been
possible when I joined Expeditors back in 1994,” Mr. Villanueva
said. “It’s gratifying to see so many who have worked for me, and
been part of my team over the years, now carrying the torch of
Expeditors’ executive leadership. Being actively involved in the
strategic assessment has proven a very effective way to pass on
both my experience and my insights as I cap off my career. It’s
been particularly rewarding to witness the strength, talent, depth
and energy of our current executive team in action as they step
forward to “steer the ship.” It’s unusual today to see such a
relatively young group with such long tenure, most of whom have
worked here over 25 years. Tenure reinforces culture, which creates
stability, and it’s a great feeling, when turning over the helm, to
have the utmost confidence in the mature, experienced,
battle-tested leaders who will now plot the Company’s course.
Expeditors is in great hands,” Villanueva concluded.
Expeditors is a global logistics company headquartered in
Seattle, Washington. The company employs trained professionals in
185 full-service offices and numerous satellite locations located
on six continents linked into a seamless worldwide network through
an integrated information management system. Services include the
consolidation or forwarding of air and ocean freight, customs
brokerage, vendor consolidation, cargo insurance, time-definite
transportation, order management, warehousing distribution and
customized logistics solutions.
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.Jeffrey S. Musser,
206-674-3433President and Chief Executive Officer
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