John H.

About John H.

A highly accomplished and results-focused Treasury Executive with extensive experience in…

Experience

1. Staff Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

   FedEx

   Jan 2007 — Present

   Held responsibility for global team of 40 in Corporate Finance and Risk Management departments within FedEx Treasury. Made capital allocation decisions, including debt and equity market activities. Managed credit rating and bank relationships to ensure access to liquidity. Set strategy for non-speculative risk transfer programs. Directed three captive insurance companies and related global insurance policies. Served in active role on pension investment board, overseeing $60B defined benefit and defined contribution assets. Led sustainable finance committee. • Created playbook and dashboard that aligned business plan with strategic goals on deployment of capital to support new financial targets for leverage, dividend policy, and share repurchases. • Developed and socialized strategic plans to increase insurance deductibles and captive utilization to significantly reduce insurance expense. • Created Tennessee captive to optimize corporate retention. • Selected and managed external advisor to provide review of all loss-related activities to create internal cross-functional team and reporting to BOD. • Recommended and oversaw $5B de-leveraging transaction to eliminate near-term debt and reduce COVID-related debt capital, reducing future interest expense. • Managed rating agency relationships when on negative watch during COVID when company needed to raise $4B of capital by leveraging years of relationship building. • Led multi-year de-risking plan for corporate pension plan. • Initiated long-duration investment strategy to hedge DB plan reducing volatility. • Served as key member of due diligence and integration team for $5B TNT acquisition, all phases of planning, negotiation, and financing. • Designed and executed integration of Treasury teams. • Leadership, development, and mentorship of individual contributors to management and management to officer roles. • 15- year fiduciary on board subcommittee- Retirement Pension Investment Board.

Education

• University of Memphis

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance

• University of Memphis

  Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Economics