Biography

Bill Plummer

Audit Committee Chair

Global Payments and Waste Management

Current public company boards: Global Payments, Inc., Mason Industrial Technology, Waste Management, Inc., 

Prior public company boards: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Nesco Holdings, Inc., UIL Holdings, Inc.

Executive Experience: William B. (Bill) Plummer recently retired as executive vice president and chief financial officer of United Rentals, Inc., a role he held from December 28 until January 219. Before joining the company, Bill served as chief financial officer of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., where he set policy for global finance and corporate strategy from September 26 to December 27. Prior to Dow Jones, Bill was vice president and treasurer of Alcoa Inc., where he was responsible for global treasury policy, since 2. He also held similar executive positions at Mead Corporation, General Electric Company, and GE Capital.

Additional information: Bill holds BS and MS degrees in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a master of business administration degree from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.