OREANDA-NEWS. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) has promoted Suzanne M. Grafton from assistant vice president to vice president accounting and T. Scot Stottlemyre from assistant vice president capital accounting to vice president international tax. Both vice presidents report to KCSR senior vice president and chief accounting officer Mary K. Stadler.

“Scot and Suzie have each consistently demonstrated strong leadership and effective execution, and I am confident that they will continue to work with their teams to deliver outstanding results in their new roles,” said Ms. Stadler.

In this new role, Ms. Grafton will lead the Financial Reporting and Capital Accounting teams. She joined KCSR in 2006 as director external reporting and was promoted to assistant vice president a year later. She joined KCSR in 2006 after spending eight years at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She is a certified public accountant and holds a bachelor of science in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from Creighton University, where she graduated with honors.

Mr. Stottlemyre replaces vice president international tax James Byrd who has retired. Mr. Stottlemyre joined KCSR in 2006 as tax manager, was promoted to tax director a year later and has spent the last two years as assistant vice president capital accounting. Before joining KCSR, he worked in the tax areas at Sprint and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He is a certified public accountant and holds a master of accountancy from the University of Missouri, where he graduated with honors.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is KCSR, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of Lazaro Cardenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.