Mark R. George

Mark George is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation, one of the nation’s premier

transportation companies. Norfolk Southern connects customers to markets and communities to economic opportunity, with safe,

reliable, and sustainable shipping solutions. The company’s network connects to every major container port in the eastern

United States, and a majority of the U.S. population and manufacturing base.

Appointed Chief Financial Officer in 2019, Mark is responsible for overseeing the company’s Finance teams as well as Investor Relations, Sourcing, and Corporate Strategy teams. During his time at Norfolk Southern, he has enhanced the company’s focus on productivity and cost control – utilizing his expertise across multiple industrial segments to drive even greater financial success. 

Mark has more than 30 years of experience in financial management, strategy, and business development. Before Norfolk Southern, he held

successive roles of responsibility across multiple commercial and business segments of United Technologies Corporation and its subsidiaries, including six years in Asia as the regional CFO for the Otis Elevator Company. He ascended to and ultimately served as the Global CFO for both the Otis Elevator Company and the Carrier Corporation from 2008 to 2019.

Mark is on the Board of Directors for Trane Technologies plc (NYSE: TT) where he serves on the Finance and Audit Committees. He also serves on

the Board of Directors for Junior Achievement of Georgia.

Mark earned a bachelor’s in finance from Central Connecticut State University and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute