7-Eleven International has named Jim Thomas as its new vice president and chief financial officer, according to a July 27 LinkedIn announcement made by Thomas.
Thomas joins 7-Eleven International from 7-Eleven Inc., where he was senior director of financial planning and analysis since 2020, according to his LinkedIn bio. In that position, he led the team responsible for enterprise planning, while he specifically focused on forecasting, annual budgeting, long-term planning and more.
Before that, Thomas was 7-Eleven Inc.’s senior director and assistant treasurer from 2014 to 2020.
Prior to joining 7-Eleven, Thomas held several financial leadership positions across a variety of companies over the course of two decades, according to his bio. These roles included director of capital investment and accounting for railroad company BNSF Railway; assistant vice president of securitization for Americredit Financial Services; and vice president of derivatives and structured finance for investment banking service Citi.
7-Eleven International LLC, a joint venture between 7-Eleven Inc. and Seven-Eleven Japan, was formed in January 2022. The company oversees all 7-Eleven operations outside North America and Japan, as well as the entire 7-Eleven trademark globally. 7-Eleven International also supports 7-Eleven’s existing licensees and master franchisees, and focuses on introducing the 7-Eleven brand to new areas.
Neither 7-Eleven Inc. nor 7-Eleven International responded by press time to an inquiry for details regarding Thomas’s new role.
With offices in Dallas and Tokyo, 7–Eleven International franchises and/or licenses more than 44,000 stores in 14 countries and regions. Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. owns, licenses or franchises about 13,000 locations in North America.
