Kawal Preet
Executive Vice President,
Chief Planning and Engineering Officer
FedEx Corporation
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Kawal Preet is executive vice president, chief planning and engineering officer at FedEx Corporation. She drives network transformation focusing on the centralized design, planning and engineering of the global air and surface networks powered by Physical AI and advanced technology. She is a member of the FedEx Executive Committee, a select group of the company’s top leadership, which sets the strategic direction for the corporation.
Before advancing into her current role, Preet served as regional president of the diverse Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and she led approximately 30,000 team members to new opportunities while navigating unprecedented circumstances associated with the pandemic and a fluid global operating environment.
Preet has created a high-performing culture across the many teams she has led throughout her 28-year career at FedEx. She began as an associate engineer in Singapore and then spent 17 years in Hong Kong, where she held various management roles in planning and engineering, as well as operations with Asia Pacific responsibilities. In 2006, she was promoted to managing director and in 2014, she stepped up as vice president of APAC planning and engineering.
In June 2020, Preet assumed leadership of the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA) region from Hong Kong, and in 2023 she moved to Singapore in the same role before shifting her focus exclusively to the Asia Pacific region.
Preet’s signature strengths include driving growth and unleashing business value. In 2025, Fortune named her among the most powerful women in Asia.
Preet also serves as a Non-Executive Director at Intertek Group PLC (FTSE 100) and is a member of the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide. She has held board positions with Junior Achievement (JA) Asia Pacific and the US-ASEAN Business Council.
Originally from India, Preet holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in India and received her MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Australia.
Kawal Preet is executive vice president, chief planning and engineering officer at FedEx Corporation. She drives network transformation focusing on the centralized design, planning and engineering of the global air and surface networks powered by Physical AI and advanced technology. She is a member of the FedEx Executive Committee, a select group of the company’s top leadership, which sets the strategic direction for the corporation.
Before advancing into her current role, Preet served as regional president of the diverse Asia Pacific (APAC) region, and she led approximately 30,000 team members to new opportunities while navigating unprecedented circumstances associated with the pandemic and a fluid global operating environment.
Preet has created a high-performing culture across the many teams she has led throughout her 28-year career at FedEx. She began as an associate engineer in Singapore and then spent 17 years in Hong Kong, where she held various management roles in planning and engineering, as well as operations with Asia Pacific responsibilities. In 2006, she was promoted to managing director and in 2014, she stepped up as vice president of APAC planning and engineering.
In June 2020, Preet assumed leadership of the Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Africa (AMEA) region from Hong Kong, and in 2023 she moved to Singapore in the same role before shifting her focus exclusively to the Asia Pacific region.
Preet’s signature strengths include driving growth and unleashing business value. In 2025, Fortune named her among the most powerful women in Asia.
Preet also serves as a Non-Executive Director at Intertek Group PLC (FTSE 100) and is a member of the Board of Governors of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide. She has held board positions with Junior Achievement (JA) Asia Pacific and the US-ASEAN Business Council.
Originally from India, Preet holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology in India and received her MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management in Australia.