D. SCOTT DAVIS Chairman & CEO United Parcel Service, Inc.

Biography

Panelist Perspective

Biography

D. Scott Davis serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company and a global leader in supply chain services.

Under Davis’s direction, UPS is expanding its capabilities into new lines of business that complement the company's global package delivery operations. These expanded capabilities include multi-modal transportation services, sophisticated logistics technologies, international trade management, supply-chain consulting and financial services.

Prior to his current position, Davis served as vice chairman and chief financial officer. A native of Oregon, Davis earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from Portland State University. After completing college, he spent several years with Arthur Andersen. Davis also completed an Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School of Business. Davis joined UPS in 1986 when the company acquired Oregon technology company, II Morrow. He had served as the chief financial officer and then CEO.

Beginning in 1991, Davis held positions of increasing responsibility as treasury manager, financial reports and plans manager and accounting manager.

From late 1998 to early 2000, he served as chief executive officer of Overseas Partners, Ltd., a Bermuda reinsurance company. Davis then rejoined UPS as its vice president of finance. In that position, he was responsible for banking, investments, mergers and acquisitions, tax and investor relations. Davis joined the UPS Management Committee in 2001, when he assumed position of chief financial officer.

Davis, a Certified Public Accountant, serves as chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is also on the Board of Honeywell International, Inc., and is chairman of the Georgia Council on Economic Education.

Panelist Perspective

Mr. Davis will serve as a panelist for the “Globalization and Trade” Town Hall for the Manufacturing Discipline.

Manufacturing is a critical component of our economy and in 2008 the U.S. retained its title as the world’s leading manufacturer, representing nearly one-quarter of the global manufacturing output. The U.S. also retained its title as the world’s leading exporter of goods and services, with exports reaching $1.8 trillion. We have not emphasized often enough or well enough just how many jobs global trade creates. In fact, two out of every five non-farm jobs is linked to exports and imports of goods and services.

The need to support global trade grows more urgent by the day. We need to support the President’s efforts to rebuild the bridges that will bring us back to a bi-partisan consensus on trade. With that consensus we’ll be better positioned to re-engage in the trade dialogue that began at Doha, pass the Free Trade Agreements, and move forward with a more robust trade agenda where the benefits are widespread. Free trade under a fair, rational and compassionate system is the only viable route to a universally prosperous future.