FedEx Names Jamier Jackson CFO, Effective November 30, 2026

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FedEx announced the appointment of Jamier Jackson as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective November 30, 2026, according to a company statement published via Business Wire. The specified date sets the finance leadership transition more than a month after the announcement and comes ahead of the third-quarter results call scheduled for October 28. Jackson will succeed Claude Russ, who has served as interim CFO since June 1, 2026. Chief Executive Raj Subramaniam said, "I am pleased to welcome Jamier to FedEx and to the executive leadership team." The appointment gives the company a permanent CFO after a period in which Russ held the role on an interim basis.

The announcement of Jackson's appointment came the same day AutoZone disclosed the timing of his departure: his resignation as CFO takes effect on November 25, 2026, after which he will take up his role at FedEx. Five days separate the effective date of his departure from AutoZone and the start of his work at FedEx, according to the dates in the two disclosures. Jackson has served as AutoZone's CFO since January 2021 and also led its finance and store development teams. His record of roles shows a move from finance management tied to stores to an executive finance post at FedEx. FedEx shares closed at $298.72 on October 23, the latest market value available for this story.

Jackson's professional background includes finance and leadership roles at several companies, according to the biography published by AutoZone. He held an executive finance position at Hertz from 2018, after serving as CFO at Nielsen between 2014 and 2018. Before 2014, he held various leadership roles at GE. That career path adds experience across more than one sector to his time at AutoZone, where the CFO role combined responsibility for finance and store development. The FedEx statement did not announce that Jackson would be responsible for leading its global logistics operations; it identified his position as executive vice president and CFO.

FedEx linked its choice to Jackson's experience leading finance functions at publicly traded companies, as well as what it described as disciplined financial management, thoughtful capital allocation and operational experience. The company said these strengths "support business growth." The statement puts those qualities at the center of Jackson's background as the basis for FedEx's appointment, without specifying numerical targets or operational changes tied to the start of his duties. AutoZone's account of his career also shows him moving through finance roles at Nielsen, Hertz and AutoZone, alongside responsibility for store development in his latest position. His new role formally begins on November 30, according to FedEx's announcement.

FedEx's next earnings call is two days after the appointment announcement, with investor relations setting it for October 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Central Time. The call will take place more than a month before Jackson starts his duties, so he will not yet have taken over as CFO when it is held, based on the announced start date. Russ, who has held the interim role since June 1, remains the immediate predecessor to the change scheduled for late November. The stock's closing price of $298.72 dates to October 23, before the announcement was published on October 26; that sequence alone does not establish a link between the appointment and the share price movement. The announced dates make the earnings call the next event for investors, followed by Jackson's formal move into the role on November 30.