Photo: Kye Lee/Daseke
CFO Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke's new president, assuming the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as CFO while Daseke continues serving as CEO and chairman.
CFO Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke's new president, assuming the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as CFO while Daseke continues serving as CEO and chairman.
CFO Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke's new president, assuming the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as CFO while Daseke continues serving as CEO and chairman.
CFO Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke's new president, assuming the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as CFO while Daseke continues serving as CEO and chairman.
CFO Scott Wheeler, right, became Daseke's new president, assuming the role from company founder Don Daseke, left. Wheeler will remain as CFO while Daseke continues serving as CEO and chairman.

Daseke appoints Wheeler as president

Jan. 16, 2018
CFO Scott Wheeler becomes Daseke's new president; company founder Don Daseke will continue as trucking company's CEO and chairman.

Daseke Inc. has appointed its chief financial officer, Scott Wheeler, as the company’s new president. Wheeler assumes the role of president from company founder Don Daseke, who will continue to serve as Daseke’s CEO and chairman. Wheeler will remain as Daseke’s CFO.

“I first met Scott when he was the mayor of our home town, Addison, TX, a suburb of Dallas. When I asked Scott to join Daseke I knew he was a great CFO. I soon learned he was much more. Scott has now been my business partner and confidant for years, and is a trusted leader,” said Don Daseke. “He was the architect behind our mergers, organizational structure and critical to our success in going public. He has proven to be a great leader and Daseke will continue to greatly benefit from his talents and experience as he takes on this new leadership role. He has the respect of his corporate team, the CEOs of our operating companies, the Daseke board of directors and the public markets. Daseke would be very different if it were not for Scott Wheeler.”

In 2015, the Dallas Business Journal named Wheeler CFO of the Year in its middle market category. In December of 2016, Wheeler was named to Daseke’s board of directors. Last year, the National Association of Corporate Directors and the Dallas Business Journal awarded Wheeler, and his fellow board members, with the Outstanding Directors Award for a public company.

Before joining Daseke, Wheeler served as CFO for two companies and was a managing director at a CFO consulting firm for high-growth companies. Wheeler sits on the advisory board of the College of Business at Texas A&M University-Commerce, where he earned his undergraduate degree and now serves as an adjunct professor of finance. In 2014, the Commerce, Finance and Economics Department at Texas A&M College of Business bestowed upon him the Alumni Ambassador Award, the highest honor granted to an alumnus. Wheeler received his M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University in 1985.

“I knew Don was a leader from the first time I met him, and I feel fortunate to have worked alongside him for the last six years,” said Wheeler. “When Don first approached me about joining his new company as CFO, I found his philosophy of finding well-managed companies and offering them the opportunity and resources to grow their business to a whole new level to be so compelling. I look forward to taking on the operational leadership role that Don has so expertly established at Daseke, as he and I continue to serve as mentors to the leaders of Daseke’s growing number of operating companies.”

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