Michael Kasbar is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of World Fuel Services 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 Fuel Services 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 and Chief Financial Officer of World Fuel Services Corporation.

Birns is responsible for the executive leadership of the company’s financial organization including M&A planning and analysis, tax, treasury, controllership, internal audit and investor relations.

Prior to World Fuel, Birns served as vice president and treasurer and vice president of investor relations for Arrow Electronics, Inc., a global provider of products, services, and solutions to industrial and commercial users of electronic components and computer products.

He is also the past Chairman of the Board of the Association for Finance Professionals, a professional society that represents finance executives globally.

Birns holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Hofstra University and is a certified public accountant as well as a certified treasury professional.

John Rau is Executive Vice President of Global Aviation and Marine at World Fuel Services Corporation, where he is responsible for the leadership of two of the company’s primary fuel and energy segments.

Prior to joining World Fuel Services 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.

Michael Crosby is Executive Vice President of Global Land at World Fuel Services Corporation, responsible for leading the company's global commercial fuel and energy business.

Prior to joining World Fuel Services Corporation, Crosby served as Chief Operating Officer of Next Generation Energy Logistics, a private equity-backed fuel and lubricants distribution business. He has also served as President of Maxum Petroleum’s industrial business and Chief Operating Officer at Irving Oil.

Crosby holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Babson College and an MBA from Western New England College in Massachusetts.

Jeff Smith is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at World Fuel Services Corporation.

With more than thirty years of corporate experience, Mr. Smith brings to World Fuel Services extensive operational and management experience in driving global transformation to complex operating models. 

Mr. Smith most recently served as Chief Information Officer of International Business Machines Corporation from August 2014 through May 2017, where he was responsible for managing all front and back office systems and support for multiple domains including digital, supply chain, manufacturing, financial, and application services.

Mr. Smith has also led both information technology and corporate business strategy in his roles as Chief Information Officer or Chief Executive Officer of large complex organizations in telecommunications, technology and financial services, including Suncorp Business Services, Telstra Corporation and Honeywell.

Amy Abraham is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at World Fuel Services Corporation. She is responsible for all areas of marketing across the land, aviation and marine businesses.

Prior to World Fuel Services Corporation, Abraham served as Lead of US Retail Transformation at BP, where she spent 20 years.

Abraham holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Duke University and an MBA, with a concentration in Finance, from Indiana University.

Alex Lake has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary since March 2017.

Previously, he served as our Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since May 2010 and as our General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from January 2004 to May 2010.

Prior to joining the Company, Lake served as Assistant General Counsel of America Online Latin America, Inc., a leading interactive service provider in Latin America.

Prior to that, Lake served in private practice as a corporate attorney with the law firms of White & Case, Winston & Strawn and Curtis Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle.

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

Prior to joining World Fuel Services 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.