Ray Fitzgerald (Image: Crowley Maritime).
Crowley Maritime Corp records that Ray Fitzgerald will certainly rejoin the business March 1 as primary running police officer. Fitzgerald, that started his profession with Crowley, most just recently worked as head of state and also principal running police officer of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions, and also chairman of American Roll- on Roll- off Carrier (ARC).
Fitzgerald will certainly report to Tom Crowley, business chairman and also Chief Executive Officer, and also will certainly be based at the business’s head office in Jacksonville, Fla.
He will certainly lead the group of Crowley’s 4 elderly vice head of states and also basic supervisors: Rocky Smith, Crowley Fuels; Rob Grune, Crowley Shipping; Steve Collar, Crowley Logistics; and also Shiju Zacharia, Crowley Solutions.
Bill Pennella, executive vice head of state and also vice chairman, will certainly remain to report toCrowley Senior vice head of states Dan Warner, treasurer; Michael Roberts, federal government relationships; John Calvin, controller; Parker Harrison, basic guidance; Carl Fox, company solutions; Ira Douglas, vice head of state, labor relationships; and also Arthur LaMoureaux, vice head of state, inner audit, principles and also conformity, will certainly remain to report to Pennella.
“I am extremely pleased to add Ray to our team to help me with our growth and development of talent,” statedCrowley “Ray brings CEO-level experience from a family-owned company that has experienced a similar business transformation, and he is a strong believer in our culture and values.”
While the company coverage framework is transforming within the business, obligations are not.
“I am not going anywhere or changing my role,” statedCrowley “Rather I am looking to augment my leadership with additional insights, experiences and outside perspectives. I’m going to remain highly engaged while growing the company.”
Fitzgerald signed up with Crowley in 1987 and also invested 13 years with the business– much of them in a vice-presidential industrial function within the lining solutions team. He after that signed up with the Wallenius Wilhelmsen company and also over the previous twenty years offered in a selection of elderly management functions, consisting of Chief Executive Officer, President and also COO, and also executive vice head of state for numerous Wallenius brand names, consisting of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, ARC Shipping, American Shipping & & Logistics Group, and alsoWallenius Wilhelmsen Solutions In enhancement, he has actually worked as chairman of the ARC Group (American Roll- on Roll- off Carrier, LLC), a U.S.-based Wallenius Wilhelmsen business, considering that 2015.
Fitzgerald was identified by United Seamen’s Service in 2018 with the distinguished Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) honor. He finished from Saint Francis University with a Bachelor of Science level in business economics and also organization monitoring and also has actually finished proceeding executive education and learning training courses at the University of Chicago and also The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
