Sysco Corporation BB #:105962 announced two senior leadership promotions. Eve McFadden has been promoted to senior vice president of legal, general counsel and corporate secretary, after being promoted to vice president and general counsel in 2019. Since joining Sysco in 2008, Eve has provided effective leadership in the areas of employment law, antitrust compliance, and ethics and compliance. In addition, her skills in building strong partnerships within the business has contributed to the company’s success.
In her new role, Eve will continue to act as general counsel, adding responsibility for Sysco’s Enterprise Risk Management function, under which she recently established a new team focused on developing a global framework for Sysco’s environment, health and safety programs. Prior to joining Sysco, Eve worked in private practice at the nation’s largest labor and employment law firm, Littler Mendelson.
Chris Jasper, formerly the market president for Sysco’s Midwest region, has been promoted to the newly created role of senior vice president and president, U.S. broadline, reporting to Greg Bertrand, executive vice president of U.S. Foodservice Operations. In this new role, Chris will lead all six U.S. broadline markets, focusing on important strategic initiatives to transform Sysco’s business, and advancing operational improvements.
Chris has 25 years of experience at Sysco and has delivered effective and consistent results at the company during his career including leading the implementation of several successful sales programs. He also previously served as executive vice resident of Sysco Kansas City and president of Sysco Arizona.
“I am pleased to recognize the promotions of Eve and Chris. As proven leaders at Sysco, they will play an integral role in identifying and vetting opportunities for accelerating our growth,” said Kevin Hourican, Sysco president and chief executive officer.
About Sysco
Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. With more than 69,000 associates, the company operates more than 320 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 650,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2019 that ended June 29, 2019, the company generated sales of more than $60 billion. Information about our CSR program, including Sysco’s 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Report, can be found at www.sysco.com/csr2019report.
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