Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 Winners Edition
www.finance-monthly.com Ira Birns CFO at World Fuel Services Corporation About Ira Birns Ira Birns is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of World Fuel Services Corporation, a Fortune 100 Corporation principally engaged in the downstream marketing and financing of aviation, marine and ground-based fuel products and related services in more than 200 countries and territories throughout the world. Birns is responsible for the executive leadership of the company’s financial organization including corporate development, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, controllership, indirect procurement, internal audit and investor relations. Prior toWorld Fuel, Birns served as vice president and treasurer and vice president of investor relations for Arrow Electronics, Inc., a $23 billion global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. He is also a past Chairman of the Board of the Association for Financial Professionals, headquartered outside Washington D.C., which is the professional society that represents nearly 20,000 finance executives globally. When living in New York, Birns served as President of the Holocaust Memorial Committee of Long Island and also served on the Board of the AHRC, an organization committed to enriching the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities for the past 65 years. Birns is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida and is also a member of the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine UHealth Champions Program. Birns holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Hofstra University and is a certified public accountant as well as a certified treasury professional. Firm Profile Headquartered in Miami, Florida, World Fuel Services is a global fuel logistics, transaction management and payment processing company, principally engaged in the distribution of fuel and related products and services in the aviation, marine and land transportation industries. World Fuel Services sells fuel and delivers services to its clients at more than 8,000 locations in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. USA Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2016 Contact Details 9800 NW 41 Street, Miami, FL 33178 Tel: +1 305 428 8000 Website: www.wfscorp.com NYSE: INT 39
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