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XPO Logistics annonce la nomination de Meagan Fitzsimmons en tant que Chief Compliance Officer de GXO Logistics dans le cadre du projet de scission de l’activité logistique

Greenwich, USA  |  juin 15, 2021

GREENWICH, Conn. – June 15, 2021 – XPO Logistics, a annoncé aujourd'hui la nomination de Meagan Fitzsimmons dans l'équipe dirigeante de GXO Logistics, Inc., le projet de scission du segment logistique de XPO. Meagan Fitzsimmons occupe actuellement le poste de chief compliance officer de l’activité logistique de XPO. Elle sera responsable de l'infrastructure mondiale d'éthique et de conformité de GXO lorsque la scission prévue sera achevée.

Meagan Fitzsimmons possède 15 ans d'expérience en tant que cadre supérieur au sein de grandes entreprises internationales et de cabinets d'avocats. Avant de rejoindre XPO, elle a occupé le poste de chief compliance officer et d’assistant general counsel chez Revlon, Inc. et celui de senior compliance counsel chez Colgate-Palmolive Company. Auparavant, elle était avocate chez Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, et chez Williams & Connolly LLP. Elle est titulaire d'un doctorat en droit de la Georgetown University Law Center et d'un bachelor of arts de l'université Northwestern.

Brad Jacobs, président and CEO de XPO Logistics, a déclaré : « L'expérience de Meagan dans des entreprises et des environnements juridiques de premier ordre constitue un ajout important à l'équipe de direction. La croissance de GXO sera soutenue par des normes élevées de déontologie et de gestion des risques ».

Comme annoncé précédemment, XPO prévoit d'achever la scission de ses activités logistiques en tant que société indépendante et cotée en bourse au cours du troisième trimestre 2021. En tant que deuxième plus grand fournisseur de logistique contractuelle au monde, GXO sera bien positionnée pour tirer parti des trois principaux courants favorables dominant le secteur de la logistique que sont l’essor du e-commerce, la demande croissante des clients en matière d'automatisation, et une tendance grandissante vers l'externalisation des opérations de supply chain. Les opérations logistiques comptent actuellement environ 890 sites dans 27 pays. 

A propos de XPO Logistics et GXO Logistics

XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE : XPO) fournit des solutions à la pointe de l’innovation aux entreprises les plus performantes dans le monde, reposant sur deux segments d’activités : le transport et la logistique. L’entreprise aide plus 50 000 clients dans le monde à accroître l’efficacité de leur supply chains, en opérant un réseau très intégré de 1 621 sites dans 30 pays avec environ 140 000 collaborateurs dont 108 000 employés et 32 000 travailleurs temporaires. Le siège de l'entreprise est situé à Greenwich, Connecticut (Etats-Unis) et son siège européen est basé à Lyon, France. Pour plus d’information, rendez-vous sur notre site europe.xpo.com, et suivez-nous sur FacebookTwitterLinkedInInstagram et YouTube

About the GXO spin-off

XPO prévoit de rendre indépendant son segment logistique au cours du troisième trimestre de 2021 sous le nom de GXO Logistics, créant ainsi deux entreprises de premier plan. La séparation donnerait naissance à des sociétés cotées indépendantes avec des identités d'investissement et des offres de services distinctes sur de vastes marchés exploitables. GXO sera la deuxième plus grande entreprise de logistique contractuelle au monde, et XPO sera un fournisseur de premier plan de services de transport, principalement en tant que transporteur de lots partiels et commissionnaire de transport. Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur gxo.com.

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