EG America hired Brian Ferguson as chief marketing officer and Brian Potvin as vice president of procurement.
Ferguson came from Pilot Co., where he was chief merchant. In his new role, he will lead retail merchandising, food and dispensed beverage, marketing, category management and all merchandising support functions. He previously held a variety of senior roles with AM Retail Group, The Children’s Place, and Abercrombie & Fitch.
Potvin will lead the centralization of the procurement process across EG America’s 10 retail banners and its corporate support functions. He was most recently vice president of procurement at Sevita Health, and he also held several strategic procurement and financial inventory control roles at BJ’s Wholesale Club.
“We are thrilled to have Brian Ferguson and Brian Potvin join the EG America team,” said John Carey, president and CEO of EG America. “Their extensive experience and expertise in their respective areas will help drive our go-to-market strategy and strengthen vital areas of our business. We are entering an exciting chapter in our company’s history, and with their addition to our leadership team, we are poised to take EG America, and our banners, to the next level.”
- EG America is No. 5 on CSP’s 2023 Top 202 ranking of c-store chains by number of company-owned retail outlets. Pilot is No. 13.
Founded in 2001 by co-CEOs Moshin and Zuber Issa, the Blackburn, U.K.-based EG Group is a leading independent convenience retailer, which has established partnerships with global brands, as well as a focused portfolio of proprietary brands.
EG Group currently has more than 6,600 sites across the United Kingdom and Ireland, Europe, the United States and Australia.
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