Claude Russ

Enterprise Vice President, Finance and Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer FedEx

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Claude Russ has been FedEx’s Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer since June 2026, the month the company completed the spin-off of FedEx Freight, while continuing as Enterprise Vice President, Finance, a role he has held since July 2023. A FedEx employee since 2002, he has moved between finance and operating roles: chief financial officer of FedEx Freight, head of revenue management at FedEx Services and chief operating officer of FedEx Dataworks, the company’s data and digital unit. He steps into the finance chief’s role as FedEx shifts to a calendar fiscal year, having once been finance chief of the business it has just spun off.

Career Highlights

• Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Chief Accounting Officer of FedEx since June 2026.
• Enterprise Vice President, Finance since July 2023.
• Chief Operating Officer of FedEx Dataworks, 2021 to 2023.
• Senior Vice President, Revenue Management, FedEx Services, 2018 to 2021.
• Senior Vice President of Finance and CFO of FedEx Freight, 2016 to 2018.

Professional Journey

Russ joined FedEx in February 2002 and held various positions there until 2016, according to the company’s annual report.

From November 2016 to November 2018 he was senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer of FedEx Freight, the less-than-truckload carrier. He then led revenue management for FedEx Services as senior vice president until January 2021, and from 2021 to 2023 was chief operating officer of FedEx Dataworks, the company’s data and technology unit.

In July 2023 he became enterprise vice president of finance, and in June 2026 he was named interim chief financial officer and interim chief accounting officer, filing his first Form 3 as an executive officer that month. FedEx completed the spin-off of its less-than-truckload business, FedEx Freight, on 1 June 2026, keeping a 19.9 percent stake, and now reports two segments, Express U.S. Domestic and Express International, according to its 2026 annual report. The company’s 2026 proxy also describes a transition to a calendar fiscal year, with a transition period from June to December 2026.

Education

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