Chris Hobson is being promoted to president and CEO at Westlake, Texas-based Core-Mark, succeeding Scott McPherson, who is being promoted to executive vice president and chief field operations officer at Performance Food Group.
The changes are effective Jan. 1.
Hobson (pictured below) began his career at Richmond, Virginia-based PFG subsidiary Core-Mark, where he currently is president and chief operating officer. In his 20 years at the company, he also has been a general sales manager, division president, vice president of marketing and senior vice president.
In his expanded role, he will continue to oversee performance, enterprise growth and marketing, purchasing and merchandising, while adding the responsibilities of finance, human resources and IT, Core-Mark said. Hobson will continue to report to Scott McPherson.
In this new role at PFG, McPherson will add the responsibility of leading PFG’s foodservice business segment, in addition to his current responsibilities overseeing PFG’s Vistar and convenience businesses, PFG said. He also will provide strategic oversight to line operations across PFG’s distribution businesses. McPherson will continue to report to Craig Hoskins, PFG’s president and chief operating officer.
During his 30-year career, McPherson has held numerous leadership positions with Core-Mark including senior vice president roles for the company’s U.S. division, corporate development, chief operator officer and president and CEO. He most recently was promoted to PFG executive vice president and president and CEO of PFG’s convenience business providing leadership and direction to both Core-Mark and Vistar.
“We are pleased to have such strong leadership across PFG’s family of companies to support our continued growth and provide outstanding products and services to our customers every day,” said George Holm, chairman and CEO, PFG. “We will continue to develop ways to grow our company by leveraging the collective strengths of our Foodservice, Convenience and Vistar businesses with a growth-oriented and customer-focused culture.”
Additionally, Sean Mahoney will be promoted to president and CEO, Vistar, where he will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the business segment. He joined Vistar in 2014 as channel vice president and has progressed through several leadership roles including multichannel vice president and senior vice president, sales and marketing.
Mahoney, who also will continue to report to Scott McPherson, most recently served as president and chief operating officer of Vistar.
“These changes support both the continued development for these remarkable leaders today, and into the future,” Hoskins said. “We’ve added so much talent to our organization over the last few years through strategic acquisitions, and we are also fortunate to have so many outstanding associates in our legacy businesses to help lead our company.”
Performance Food Group is one of the largest food and foodservice distribution companies in North America with more than 150 locations in the United States and parts of Canada. PFG and its family of companies market and deliver food and related products to more than 300,000 locations including convenience stores.
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