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As president and chief executive officer of FedEx Global Supply Chain Services Tom Schmitt is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of the company’s global supply chain organization. As senior vice president of FedEx Solutions he has responsibility for a wide range of customer sales and operations solutions across the FedEx operating companies.
Schmitt joined FedEx in 1998 as vice president of sales and development for FedEx's logistics and eCommerce division. Before joining FedEx he spent eight years with McKinsey & Co. consulting with Fortune 500 companies on strategy development and operations issues for the transportation logistics retail utilities and telecom industries. Earlier he worked for London-based British Petroleum (BP) in the company’s retail marketing network redesign and operations divisions.
Schmitt was born in 1965 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. He 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 also serves as a Director on the Executive Board of the Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee for Ballet Memphis.
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