Leadership

Michael Kasbar is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of World Kinect Corporation and a member of the company's Board of Directors.

Kasbar has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2012 and assumed the role of Chairman in 2014. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for driving the company's aggressive acquisition strategy and quest for operational excellence.

He joined World Kinect Corporation in 1995 as Chief Executive Officer of World Fuel Services Americas, Inc., at the time the company’s principal subsidiary engaged in the marine fuel services business. Prior to joining the company, Kasbar and his partner, Paul Stebbins, co-founded Trans-Tec Services, Inc., a global marine fuel services company acquired by World Fuel Services.

Ira Birns is Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of World Kinect Corporation.

Birns is responsible for the executive leadership of the company’s financial organization including external reporting, accounting, financial planning and analysis, strategic business unit finance, internal audit, treasury, tax, credit underwriting and collections, non-fuel procurement, risk management, corporate development, and investor relations.

Prior to World Kinect, Birns served as vice president and treasurer, and vice president of investor relations at Arrow Electronics, Inc., a global provider of technology products, services and solutions to leading technology manufacturers and service providers.

He currently serves as vice chairman and treasurer of the New World Symphony in Miami and serves as a Board Member of the Florida Holocaust Museum. He also serves on the Board of Directors and chairs the Audit Committee for Stem, Inc. (NYSE: STEM) a global leader in AI-driven clean energy software and services. He previously served as chairman of the Association for Financial Professionals, a professional society committed to advancing the success of its members and their organizations, globally.

Birns holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Public Accounting from Hofstra University. He is a certified public accountant as well as a certified treasury professional.

John Rau is Executive Vice President of Global Aviation, Land and Marine at World Kinect Corporation, where he is responsible for the leadership of all three of the company’s fuel and energy business segments.

Prior to joining World Kinect Corporation, Rau served as Managing Director at American Airlines, where his responsibilities included jet fuel procurement and management, transportation, and management of the supplier diversity program. He also served as a manager at United Airlines, where he was responsible for the purchasing and hedging of jet fuel and managing United’s jet fuel trading subsidiary.

Rau holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Kansas.

Amy Avalos is Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Business Officer and Corporate Secretary of World Kinect Corporation.

In this strategic role, Amy is driving the Company’s energy transition and corporate responsibility efforts throughout the organization. She is responsible for overseeing the global decarbonization strategy for the Company’s own operations and partnering with its business leaders and other stakeholders to support the organization’s broader energy transition objectives and ambitions. Amy is also supporting many other environmental, social and governance initiatives, including diversity, equity and inclusion, health and safety, as well as engaging with and supporting the communities in which the Company operates.

Prior to this role, Amy served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Counsel and Corporate Secretary, where she was responsible for securities, finance, and corporate governance, as well as overseeing compliance, labor and employment, strategic transactions, and acquisitions.

Before joining World Kinect Corporation in 2012, Amy was an associate at the global law firm Greenberg Traurig, specializing in the areas of securities, finance, and corporate governance. Prior to that, she worked for Blank Rome, advising public companies, private companies, and venture capital firms on securities and corporate governance matters.

She holds a Juris Doctor from Florida State University and a Master of Business Administration from the Florida State University. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business from Georgetown University.

Amy is a proud member of the Board of Directors of Easter Seals South Florida, where she serves as its Treasurer and chairs the Finance and Investment Committee.

Fernando Casadevall is the Chief Human Resources Officer at World Kinect Corporation. As CHRO, Fernando is responsible for talent management, talent acquisition, leadership development, colleague experience, compensation and total well-being of the global organization.

Casadevall has served in the CHRO role since January 2019 and is responsible for all human resources (HR) responsibilities including compensation, benefits, recruitment, talent, HR services, and corporate security.

Prior to World Kinect Corporation, he served as CHRO for Qatar Airways (QA), one of the largest airlines in the world with operations in 75+ countries and more than 50,000 employees. He was responsible for HR for QA’s aviation divisions including commercial, cargo, private aviation, HIA airport, duty free retail, catering, and aviation services.

Before QA, Casadevall was the retail group HR director for Al-Futtaim. Based in Dubai, Al-Futtaim operates in more than 40 countries with a global workforce of 40,000+ employees.

Prior to Al-Futtaim he had various roles at Citibank, initially building the HR function across the retail banking and payments groups, then moving into various senior HR roles including regional HR head for Citigroup’s consumer and alternative investment businesses across EMEA. Before joining Citi, he held HR positions with the investment banking firm Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, and with Sony Entertainment.

An active member of the community, he has also previously served on the board of the Baltimore Children’s Museum and the Academy of Finance & Technology.

Fernando holds a Master of Arts in Human Resources Development from Fordham University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Arizona.

Josh McLean is the Chief Information Officer of World Kinect Corporation.

McLean is responsible for the executive leadership of the company’s information technology organization including developing and implementing an overall IT strategy to support the company’s business strategy

Prior to World Kinect Corporation, he held numerous senior IT roles within the banking and finance sector, telecommunications, and insurance industries. McLean has more than 20 years of IT leadership experience.

Wade DeClaris is Chief Commercial Officer at World Kinect Corporation. He is responsible for global account management and client relationship.

Prior to joining World Kinect Corporation, DeClaris served in marine fuel sales, trading, terminal management, and engineering roles with Chevron and Gulf Oil.

DeClaris holds a bachelor’s degree in Science from Texas A&M University and an MBA from Golden Gate University.

Jeff Weissman is Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Counsel of World Kinect Corporation.

Weissman is responsible for legal oversight of all of the Company’s commercial and physical operations worldwide, including transactional, commercial, strategic, litigation, risk management, environmental, safety, technology, regulatory, compliance, ¬¬and governance matters.

Prior to World Kinect Corporation, Weissman served as General Counsel of Global Fleet Management Solutions at Ryder System, Inc., responsible for legal oversight, strategy and support for Ryder’s $5 billion vehicle leasing, rental, and maintenance business. Prior to that role, he served as an associate at Holland & Knight.

Weissman holds dual bachelor’s degrees from the University of Pennsyvlania – a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School – and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami.

Jose-Miguel Tejada is Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of World Kinect Corporation.

He is responsible for overseeing the Company’s global accounting, income tax, regulatory and financial reporting, market risk, and corporate finance functions.

Prior to joining World Kinect Corporation, he served as the Head of Finance, Americas for Noble Group Limited where he oversaw the accounting, product control, and financial planning and analysis functions. Before Noble Group, he worked for nine years at Constellation Energy, Inc. in various controller and financial planning and analysis roles. He has more than 20 years of energy commodity experience within finance.

Tejada holds a bachelor’s degree in Management from Boston College and a master’s degree in Business Administration from Cornell University.