MIAMI, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ryder System, Inc. , a global leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, today announced the appointment of Robert (Bob) Brunn to Vice President of Investor Relations and Public Affairs. In this new role, Mr. Brunn will continue to serve as the primary channel of communication with the equity analyst community while assuming responsibility for community and external affairs and the Ryder System Charitable Foundation. He will report to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Tracy Leinbach.
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Brunn served as Ryder's Group Director of Investor Relations. In that role, he was responsible for disseminating information on a consistent basis to ensure the Company's compliance with established disclosure requirements. Earlier, Mr. Brunn served as Assistant Treasurer where he was responsible for Ryder's revolving credit facilities, asset-backed securitization financings, benefit plan investments and lease financing, as well as European, Canadian and Asian financing. Over the course of his 17-year career at Ryder, Mr. Brunn has held positions of increasing responsibility in finance, including Senior Manager of Product Pricing and Finance Director of Ryder Transportation Services for the Gulf States.
"Bob has been a strong contributor to Ryder over his career and an outstanding representative of the Company in his most recent investor relations role," said Ms. Leinbach. "His excellent communication skills, business knowledge and strong leadership will enable him to effectively manage relationships with our shareholders and the community."
Mr. Brunn holds a master of business administration degree in Finance/International Business from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of science degree in Finance from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He is a member of the National Investor Relations Institute. Mr. Brunn serves on the Board of Directors of the Humane Society of Greater Miami and has recently served on the Board of Goodwill Industries of South Florida.
About Ryder
Ryder is a Fortune 500 company providing leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Ryder's stock is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. For more information about Ryder System, Inc., visit http://www.ryder.com/ .
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: Certain statements and information included in this press release are "forward-looking statements" under the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Accordingly, these forward-looking statements should be evaluated with consideration given to the many risks and uncertainties inherent in our business that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, among others, our ability to obtain adequate profit margins for our services, our inability to maintain current pricing levels due to customer acceptance or competition, customer retention levels, unexpected volume declines, loss of key customers in the Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) business segment, unexpected reserves or write-offs due to the deterioration of the credit worthiness or bankruptcy of certain customers in our SCS business segment, changes in financial, tax or regulatory requirements or changes in customers' business environments that limit their ability to commit to long-term vehicle leases, changes in market conditions affecting the commercial rental market or the sale of used vehicles, labor strikes or work stoppages affecting our or our customers' business operations, adequacy of accounting estimates and accruals, changes in general economic conditions, sudden changes in fuel prices, availability of qualified drivers, our ability to manage our cost structure, changes in government regulations, including regulations regarding vehicle emissions and risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The risks included here are not exhaustive. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risks on our business. Accordingly, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
