FedEx Corporation has promoted Christine Richards to the position of executive vice-president, general counsel and secretary. She replaces Kenneth Masterson, who retires at the end of May. Masterson has been at FedEx since 1979 and will continue as a consultant to the company. Richards has been at FedEx since 1984. She is corporate vice-president of customer and business transactions at FedEx Corporation and general counsel of FedEx Corporate Services.

First revealed on www.thelawyer.com 15 March