Christoph Atz, UPS managing director of Spain and Portugal, has been appointed to president of UPS Canada, in place of Michael Tierney who has retired.
Tierney, who began his career at UPS in 1981, had served as president since 2007. Both organizational changes became effective January 1, 2016.
Atz becomes the 8th president in the company's 40-year history in Canada. He began his UPS career in 1992 as a management trainee in Germany and was promoted to finance and accounting supervisor that same year. As president, Atz is responsible for the performance and growth of operations across the country, which includes overseeing more than 13,000 employees.
Prior to his new role, Atz held several key finance positions, including finance manager at the UPS Europe Region office in Brussels, controller for the consolidated service centre in Dublin, and manager of finance and accounting for UPS Germany. In 2004, Atz became controller coordinator for UPS Europe. Following a special assignment at UPS headquarters in Atlanta, Atz relocated to Miami in 2006, where he worked as UPS South Florida district finance director. In January 2009, he took on the role of vice president of finance and accounting and later the role of vice president of operations in the Turkey, Middle East and Central Asia district, based in Dubai. Atz has been Spain and Portugal's managing director since 2014.
Under Tierney's leadership, UPS Canada has expanded operations and brand presence across Canada. Between 2012 and 2014, UPS Canada opened 11 new centres to serve a growing customer base in Atlantic Canada and British Columbia while expanding other centres across the country. Committed to international growth, Tierney worked with governing bodies to improve the efficiency and security for transportation of goods across the Canada-U.S. border.
"Michael Tierney has made significant contributions to the company throughout his long career and has provided outstanding leadership to our Canadian operation," states Romaine Seguin, president of UPS's Americas Region. "He skillfully guided UPS Canada by executing growth and expansion strategies across the country and in specialized segments."
