Walmart’s Foran and McKenna to offer views in NY

In a break from tradition, Walmart is hosting an investor meeting in New York on April 1 with the new team of top executives who are driving the latest round of changes at the retailer’s U.S. business.

A 90 minutes session scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EST on April 1 at the New York Stock Exchange will be hosted by Walmart U.S. President and CEO Greg Foran.

He will be joined by Walmart U.S. Chief Operating Officer Judith McKenna, Walmart U.S. Chief Financial Officer Jeff Davis and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley. The event is first for Walmart which typically hosts investor conferences in conjunction with its annual shareholders meeting in early June and again in October when capital expansion plans for the coming year are typically disclosed.

However, Foran and McKenna are both less than a year into their current roles and spent the bulk of their careers overseas and are consequently less familiar to Wall Street that some Walmart’s home grown senior executives.