Pitney Bowes appointed Chris Johnson vice president of Global Financial Services, effective immediately. He will report in to Michael Monahan, EVP, COO and CFO.

In this role Johnson will be responsible for leading all aspects of the GFS business strategy which includes strategic analysis in identified markets, assessing current capabilities against future opportunities, determining priorities for investment, organizational development and business culture. He is currently vice president of Payments and Shipping Finance for the company’s Global Ecommerce segment and will continue to direct these efforts as part of his expanded position.

“We are excited about having Chris lead this important function for us,” Monahan said. “Chris is an accomplished financial services executive with deep operating experience building, developing and scaling global financial and payments business platforms. Our Global Financial Services business has always been an important component in growing our business and building our relationship with clients by offering them added convenience in accessing our products, solutions and services.”

Prior to joining Pitney Bowes in April of 2016, Johnson was president of Terex Financial Services. Johnson also spent 15 years with GE in both the industrial and financial segments of its business. For 11 years of his tenure he was with GE Capital holding a number of executive leadership positions in its international commercial and consumer banking organizations. Most notably he was managing director of GE Capital and head of Trade and Supply Chain Finance. Prior to GE, he also held M&A, corporate and business development roles of increasing responsibility at Lincoln Financial Group and Markowitz & McNaughton.