Americas appointment for UPS’s Seguin
Romaine Seguin has been appointed president of the UPS Americas region. The position will give Seguin responsibility for UPS operations in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Seguin, formerly chief operating officer of the UPS Europe, Middle East and Africa Region, will succeed Stephen Flowers as president.
“With dynamic growth throughout the Americas Region – particularly in Canada, Mexico and Brazil – UPS is well-positioned for future opportunities and I look forward to helping extend UPS’s services to new customers who are ready to expand their businesses,” said Seguin.
In her new role, Seguin will be responsible for all UPS package and cargo operations in more than 50 countries and territories and also will oversee UPS Supply Chain Solutions operations throughout Latin America, Miami and the Caribbean.
“Throughout her career with UPS, Romaine has excelled in leadership positions in both the United States and Europe and we’re confident that she’s going to make a tremendous impact on our Americas Region,” said Dan Brutto, president, UPS International. “UPS’s Americas Region covers a population of 620m people and Romaine’s experience leading our European operations will stand her in good stead in the Americas.”
Seguin began her career with UPS in St. Louis, in 1983 as a part-time hub supervisor. Over the next decade, she rose through a variety of operational and management roles within the company in the US and Europe.
In 1994, she was named controller for the air district, based in Louisville, and subsequently promoted to a senior operational role in which she was responsible for the opening of the very first automated test wing at UPS Worldport. The test wing was used to test and validate much of the $2bn in technology and equipment that UPS subsequently invested in its global all-points air hub.
In October 2007, Seguin moved to Europe as the managing director of UPS South Europe and a year later, assumed the role of chief operating officer, UPS Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). In that role, Seguin oversaw the opening of three new operating centers in Paris, Sweden and Romania; the acquisition and integration of service contractors in Romania (2008), Slovenia (2009) and Turkey (2009), and the expansion of domestic express services in 14 additional countries across the Region (2009), helping further strengthen UPS’s position and service capabilities.
Additionally, Romaine played a key role in the development of UPS’s green efforts through the introduction of 12 zero-emission electric vehicles and 30 CNG (compressed natural gas) vans in Germany and the UK, as well as the launch of a UPS carbon neutral shipping option for customers in 16 key European markets in early 2010.
She also was instrumental in successfully steering the UPS Europe operations through a very difficult economic period, including the challenges faced in April 2010 when the Icelandic volcano eruption shut down air operations across the continent for several days.
As a result of her leadership, the UPS Europe operations recorded double-digit export volume growth for the first three quarters of 2010.
After nearly seven years leading the operations in the UPS Americas region, Stephen Flowers, a 30-year UPS veteran, will assume a leadership position in the UPS Global Freight Forwarding unit.
