Nando Cesarone

Executive Vice President and Chief Global Operations Officer UPS

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Nando Cesarone became UPS’s Chief Global Operations Officer on 1 September 2026, in charge of the operating backbone of the company’s new global model: its air network and gateways, surface transportation, buildings and engineering, its network-modernization initiatives, automotive operations and sustainability. A UPS employee since about 1991, he has run its businesses on three continents, as president of Asia Pacific and of Europe, then of UPS International and, from 2020, of the U.S. business, including the UPS Airline. He has run UPS businesses in Asia, Europe and the United States, and now oversees the network that connects them.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Global Operations Officer of UPS since 1 September 2026.
• Executive Vice President and President, U.S., including UPS Airline operations, 2020 to 2026.
• President, UPS International, 2018 to 2020.
• President of UPS Europe, 2016 to 2018, and earlier of UPS Asia Pacific.

Professional Journey

Cesarone earned an MBA at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Business School. He joined UPS around 1991 and held international management roles including country manager for Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, vice president of operations for UPS Canada and president for North-East Europe.

As president of UPS Asia Pacific he expanded the company’s presence in emerging markets, adding 21 cities in China, led projects to speed intra-Asia transit times and launched products including China-to-Europe rail freight, according to a 2018 UPS release. He became president of UPS’s European operations in 2016, a region UPS then described as its largest outside the U.S., during a $2 billion, five-year investment in its network there.

In March 2018 he was named president of UPS International and joined the management committee, and in 2020 he became executive vice president and president of the U.S. business, including small package, transportation and the UPS Airline.

On 31 August 2026 UPS announced a new global operating model, following the completion in June 2026 of a planned reduction in Amazon volume and a network reconfiguration, and appointed him chief global operations officer from 1 September. UPS reported 2025 revenue of $88.7 billion and had about 460,000 employees excluding seasonal staff, according to its filings. He has served on the executive committee of the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU.

In the new role he oversees the global air network and gateways, surface transportation, building and engineering operations, the Intelligent Network of the Future initiatives, automotive operations and sustainability. UPS’s principal air hub, Worldport, is in Louisville, Kentucky, and it runs major air hubs in Germany, China and Hong Kong, according to its annual report. The 2026 proxy lists him as a named executive officer under his earlier title, President U.S. Operations and Airline, and UPS granted him a retention award in August 2026.

Education

Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Business School

MBA