STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 9, 2016--
Pitney Bowes Inc. (NYSE: PBI), a global technology company that provides
innovative products and solutions that power commerce, today announced
that Chris Johnson has been appointed Vice President, Global Financial
Services (GFS). This position is effective immediately and will report
in to Michael Monahan, EVP, COO and CFO.
In this role Mr. Johnson will be responsible for leading all aspects of
the GFS Business Strategy which includes strategic analysis in
identified markets, assessing current capabilities against future
opportunities, determining priorities for investment, organizational
development and business culture. He is currently Vice President of
Payments and Shipping Finance for the company’s Global Ecommerce segment
and will continue to direct these efforts as part of his expanded
position.
“We are excited about having Chris lead this important function for us,”
noted Mr. Monahan. “Chris is an accomplished financial services
executive with deep operating experience building, developing, and
scaling global financial and payments business platforms. Our Global
Financial Services business has always been an important component in
growing our business and building our relationship with clients by
offering them added convenience in accessing our products, solutions and
services.”
Mr. Johnson has held multiple business leadership and C-level roles at
leading companies and has a proven track record of developing effective
business strategies to accelerate growth. Prior to joining Pitney Bowes
in April of 2016, he was President, Terex Financial Services, a global
captive financial services company with multi-billion dollar assets
under management in over 30 countries. Before that, Mr. Johnson spent 15
years with GE in both the industrial and financial segments of their
business. For eleven years of his tenure, he was with GE Capital holding
a number of executive leadership positions in their international
commercial and consumer banking organizations. Most notably he was
Managing Director, GE Capital and Head of Trade and Supply Chain
Finance. Prior to GE, he also held M&A, corporate and business
development roles of increasing responsibility at Lincoln Financial
Group and Markowitz & McNaughton.
Mr. Johnson has a BA from Georgetown University. He also completed the
executive professional development series at GE’s Jack Welch Executive
Leadership Institute.
About Pitney Bowes
Pitney Bowes (NYSE: PBI) is a global technology company powering
billions of transactions – physical and digital – in the connected and
borderless world of commerce. Clients around the world, including 90
percent of the Fortune 500, rely on products, solutions and services
from Pitney Bowes in the areas of customer information management,
location intelligence, customer engagement, shipping, mailing, and
global ecommerce. And with the innovative Pitney Bowes Commerce Cloud,
clients can access the broad range of Pitney Bowes solutions, analytics,
and APIs to drive commerce. For additional information visit Pitney
Bowes, the Craftsmen of Commerce, at www.pitneybowes.com.
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