---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-058192"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXPD"
cik: "0000746515"
company_name: "EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC"
filed_at: "2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T01:19:58.561849+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Expeditors names Bell as President Global Services, Blacker as President Global Products, effective Jan 1, 2024

## Summary
- Blake R. Bell, formerly President Global Products, appointed President Global Services, succeeding Daniel R. Wall.
- Kelly Blacker, formerly SVP Global Air, appointed President Global Products; both effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Bell joined Expeditors in 1995; Blacker joined in 1994 and held district, regional, and global air roles.
- These appointments follow the October 5, 2023 announcement of Wall's move to President Global Geographies and Operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-058192
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXPD
- cik: 0000746515
- company_name: EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC
- filed_at: 2023-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017023058192/0000950170-23-058192-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017023058192/expd-20231101.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kelly Blacker was named as President, Global Products at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: President, Global Products
  source text: The Company also named Kelly Blacker, Senior Vice President of Global Air as the Company’s new President, Global Products.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017023058192/0000950170-23-058192-index.htm
- Executive change
  Blake R. Bell was named as President, Global Services at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: named
  - Role: President, Global Services
  source text: On November 1, 2023, Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (the “Company” or "Expeditors") named Blake R. Bell, President, Global Products as the Company’s new President, Global Services.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017023058192/0000950170-23-058192-index.htm
- Executive change
  Daniel R. Wall departed as President, Global Services at EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONAL OF WASHINGTON INC.
  - Action: succeeded
  - Role: President, Global Services
  source text: Mr. Bell will succeed Daniel R. Wall, who was appointed President Global Geographies and Operations, as previously announced on October 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/746515/000095017023058192/0000950170-23-058192-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.