Norfolk Southern Names Shaw CEO as Squires Retires
December 02 2021 - 9:35AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Norfolk Southern Corp. on Thursday said James Squires, its
chairman, chief executive and president, plans to retire on May 1
after three decades with the freight railroad.
The Atlanta company said Alan Shaw, who had been executive vice
president and chief marketing officer, will now serve as president
and will succeed Mr. Squires as CEO upon his retirement.
Norfolk Southern said its executive leadership team now reports
to Mr. Shaw, who will work closely with Mr. Squires on the
transition over the next five months.
Mr. Shaw, 54 years old, has spent 27 years with Norfolk Southern
in marketing, operations and finance and has been chief marketing
officer since May 2015.
Norfolk Southern said Ed Elkins, who had been vice president of
industrial products, succeeds Mr. Shaw as executive vice president
and chief marketing officer.
Mr. Squires, who joined Norfolk Southern in 1992 has been
president since 2013 and chairman and CEO since 2015.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
December 02, 2021 09:20 ET (14:20 GMT)
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