OREANDA-NEWS. The Board of Directors of FedEx Corporation today elected John C. (“Chris”) Inglis as a director. The Board also appointed Mr. Inglis as a member of its Information Technology Oversight and Nominating & Governance Committees.

“We are extremely pleased that Chris has joined our Board of Directors. His cybersecurity and information technology expertise and significant leadership experience will be very valuable to FedEx and the Board,” said Frederick W. Smith, chairman, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Corp.

Mr. Inglis is currently the Robert and Mary M. Looker Distinguished Visiting Professor of Cyber Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy. He retired in 2014 as the Deputy Director and senior civilian leader of the National Security Agency. In this role, he acted as the NSA’s chief operating officer and was responsible for guiding and directing strategies, operations and policy. He began his 28-year career at the NSA as a computer scientist within the National Computer Security Center. Prior to joining the NSA, Mr. Inglis had nine years of active duty service as an officer and pilot in the U.S. Air Force. He also served for twenty-one years with the Air National Guard, retiring as a Brigadier General.

Mr. Inglis is a 1976 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and holds advanced degrees in engineering and computer science from Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University and The George Washington University.