Home/American Shipper/UPS names Abney next CEO American Shipper UPS names Abney next CEO FreightWaves Staff · Friday, June 06, 2014 Current CEO Scott Davis, 62, will retire and assume the role of non-executive chairman. Abney will be the 11th chief executive in the company’s history. He began working for UPS in 1974 as a part-time package loader.