January
13, 2015
Norfolk Southern EVP
and CMO Don Seale to retire
NORFOLK, Va.,
Jan. 13, 2015 -- Donald W. Seale, executive vice president and
chief marketing officer of Norfolk Southern Corp. (NYSE: NSC), has announced his
plan to retire effective March 1, 2015, Chairman and CEO Wick Moorman said
today.
“Don’s central role in building Norfolk Southern’s culture of
continuous improvement in customer focus began at the corporation’s creation,
and we will continue to benefit from it well into the future,” Moorman said.
“His leadership has helped position railroads not only as engines of economic
growth but as true partners with the people and industries we serve.”
NS’ board of directors will name Seale’s successor at a later
time.
Seale joined NS in 1976 as a management trainee. He served in
numerous sales and marketing capacities relating to the railroad’s service to
its merchandise and coal customers before being named senior vice president
marketing services in 2003, executive vice president sales and marketing in
2004, and executive vice president and chief marketing officer in 2006.
Seale’s tenure as leader of NS’ marketing division saw
expansion in demand for quality rail service. The corporation recorded its first
$10 billion railway operating revenues year and annual revenues increased by
approximately $4 billion during that time.
He championed new, more time-sensitive service offerings for
producers, manufacturers, shippers, and receivers of coal, automobiles,
chemicals, agriculture and consumer products, metals and construction materials,
paper, clay, forest products, and intermodal trailers and containers. In the
last three years, Seale’s team has been a leader in developing and marketing
rail services to new and expanding businesses in the energy sector. He has also
been a strong and tireless advocate of industrial development to spur new
industries and jobs across the states Norfolk Southern serves culminating in
$5.7 billion in new investments and over 4400 associated jobs in 2014 alone.
About
Norfolk Southern
Norfolk Southern
Corporation
(NYSE: NSC) is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk
Southern Railway Company subsidiary operates approximately 20,000
route
miles
in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in
the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail
carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the
East and is a major transporter of coal, automotive, and industrial
products.
Media
Inquiries:
Frank Brown, 757-629-2710 (fsbrown@nscorp.com)
Investor Inquiries:
Katie Cook, 757-629-2861 (InvestorRelations@nscorp.com)