UPS CEO Carol Tomé leapt from retirement straight into the pandemic fire - Fortune
Carol Tomé says she was "full-on retired at my farm in northwest Georgia" when UPS CEO David Abney announced that he was going to retire. Tomé had moved out of The Home Depot's C-suite in 2019, where she had been CFO since 2001.
But Tomé had in no way stepped completely away from corporate life. She was still on the board at several companies, including UPS. When the leadership at UPS began succession planning, they focused, Tomé says, "long and hard on the persona ... the skills and experience that person needed to possess."
Turned out Tomé was their perfect match.
Carol Tomé says she was "full-on retired at my farm in northwest Georgia" when UPS CEO David Abney announced that he was going to retire. Tomé had moved out of The Home Depot's C-suite in 2019, where she had been CFO since 2001.
But Tomé had in no way stepped completely away from corporate life. She was still on the board at several companies, including UPS. When the leadership at UPS began succession planning, they focused, Tomé says, "long and hard on the persona ... the skills and experience that person needed to possess."
Turned out Tomé was their perfect match.
