SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- Core-Mark Holding Co. Inc. has announced a change in the roles of three members of its senior executive team. Scott E. McPherson has been named senior vice president of corporate development; Christopher M. Murray has been named senior vice president of the U.S. Eastern Region; and Christopher K. Hobson has been promoted to corporate vice president of marketing.
"These changes are designed to increase the strategic focus of the organization, to broaden the experience of its leadership and to strengthen its ability to meet the needs of its [image-nocss] customers," said J. Michael Walsh, CEO.
McPherson will focus his knowledge of the industry in pursuit of strategic opportunities. The company said it expects this new dedicated position to be instrumental in expanding its convenience offering to more customers across North America. McPherson is a 17-year veteran of Core-Mark who has worked in a number of capacities of increasing responsibility. For the last six years he has successfully led the U.S. Eastern Region, currently as its senior vice president.
Murray will now be senior vice president of the U.S. Eastern Region. Most recently, Murray has served as senior vice president of marketing, responsible for corporate purchasing, marketing and the company's strategic marketing initiatives. He has 16 years of experience in the convenience retailing business, as well as his five year sales and marketing experience at Core-Mark.
Hobson has been promoted to corporate vice president of marketing to assume the responsibilities for the marketing group including the strategic "Fresh" and "Vendor Consolidation Initiatives." He joined Core-Mark in 2000 and has implemented the company's marketing programs in a number of different positions in the field, most recently as president of its largest division. In addition, prior to joining Core-Mark he worked for a number of years as a market manager for 7-Eleven.
South San Francisco, Calif.-based Core-Mark is one of the largest marketers of fresh and broad-line supply solutions to the convenience retail industry in North America. It provides distribution and logistics services as well as marketing programs to more than 24,000 retail locations in 50 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces through 26 distribution centers, two of which Core-Mark operates as third-party logistics providers. Core-Mark services traditional convenience retailers, grocers, drug, liquor and specialty stores, and other stores that carry consumer packaged goods.
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