President and Chief Executive Officer
Executive Experience:
- Kevin Hourican has served as Sysco’s Chair of the Board and CEO since April 2024, and previously served as President and CEO and a member of Sysco’s Board from February 2020 until April 2024, leading the Company’s large-scale, customer-focused and growth-related transformation, aimed at further improving the way Sysco supports its customers and accelerating profitable sales growth. Since Kevin joined Sysco, the Company’s focus on elevating customer experience, expanding our specialty distribution reach, and penetrating new international markets has resulted in consistent market share gains and record-breaking financial performance.
- Prior to Sysco, he served as Executive Vice President of CVS Health Corporation, a premier health innovation company, and President of CVS Pharmacy, overseeing CVS Health’s $85 billion retail business, including 9,900 retail stores and over 200,000 employees, as well as merchandising, marketing, supply chain, real estate, front store operations, pharmacy growth, pharmacy clinical care and pharmacy operations.
- Prior to joining CVS Health, Kevin held executive leadership roles at Macy’s.
Key Director Qualifications and Board Contributions:
- Through these various operations and management positions within CVS and Macy’s, Kevin has acquired extensive experience and knowledge in the areas of executive leadership and management, corporate strategy development, distribution and supply chain management, merchandising and marketing.
- The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board believe that it is appropriate and beneficial to Sysco to have its CEO serve as management’s voice on the Board.
Other Public Company Board Experience and Business Organizations:
- Director of Tapestry, Inc. since February 2024
- Member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council since 2020
- Member of the Business Roundtable since 2020
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