At the end of April, Doug Col, Saia’s executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), announced his retirement. Subsequently, Matthew Batteh was announced as his successor. While Doug will continue on in an advisory capacity through year-end to facilitate a seamless transition, Matt has assumed leadership for Saia’s finance, pricing, accounting, internal audit, and security teams, and will lead and collaborate with our teams to execute Saia’s long-term vision.

Doug joined Saia in 2014 as our vice president of treasury and investor relations before being named the CFO in 2020. His career at Saia began after a long stint in financial services. He put that experience to work for us, communicating our team’s success to investors by highlighting the great opportunities we have had investing in and growing our 100-year-old company. Throughout his tenure at Saia, Doug has embraced our values and has been an integral part of helping craft our long-term vision and plans.

Matt has been instrumental in the development of the core financial analysis that we use. He has been with Saia since 2015, most recently serving as vice president of finance. Prior to this, he served as our vice president of pricing and analytics from 2020 to 2023, after working in a variety of pricing and financial analysis roles. Before joining Saia, Matt started his career at UPS, working in pricing and operations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Auburn University and a master’s degree in business administration from Emory University.

Please join us in congratulating Matt on his promotion and thanking Doug for his outstanding service to Saia. We are confident that Matt will continue to provide strong leadership and strategic direction for the company and support our growth and profitability goals.

We also would like to express our deepest appreciation to Doug for his contributions and achievements during his time at Saia. He has been a valuable partner and advisor to the entire Saia team, and we certainly wish him all the best in his retirement.