Mickey and his wife, Diana, and dog, Sunshine, are enjoying a relaxing life in South Lake Tahoe. Mickey is holding the big plaque from the inaugural Senior Roundtable in Palm Springs, California on November 7, 1994.
Mickey Foster Caps a Four-Decade Career in Investor Relations
BY AL RICKARD, CAE
isn’t much he hasn’t done. Foster served as NIRI Chair in 1995. He received the IR Maga- zine Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011. He was a member of the inaugural class of NIRI Fellows in 2013. He helped create the NIRI Senior Roundtable and the Investor Relations Charter (IRC)® certification program. Foster’s consistently strong performance in IR positions at ARCO, Pacific Enterprises, Hanson Industries/Millennium Chemi-
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ickey Foster, one of the luminaries in the investor rela- tions profession, retired from FedEx in October 2023. In four decades of practicing investor relations, there
cals, and FedEx earned him and his team numerous awards from IR Magazine and Institutional Investor Magazine. In announcing his retirement on a FedEx earnings call last
year, Foster said, “It has been a privilege being a longtime part of the FedEx team. I truly believe that FedEx’s best days are ahead, but I will be cheering from the sideline as I am 67 years old and I want to spend more time with my family.” FedEx President & CEO Rajesh Subramaniam praised Foster’s accomplishments on the call, saying, “He has led our investor relations team for nearly 18 years, spanning 70 earnings calls and 18 annual meetings. He will be missed by all and especially this
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