Executive Committee

From Coast to Coast, Sobeys is led by dedicated leaders that shares a common passion - Food retailing.


   

     

Marc Poulin

Marc Poulin is President & Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Inc. a leading Canadian grocery retailer and food distributor. Mr. Poulin is also a member of the Board of Directors of Sobeys' parent company, Empire Company Limited (TSX:EMP.A).

A native of Québec, Mr. Poulin has more than 30-years experience in the food retailing, packaged goods and financial services industries.

Between 1986 and 1996 Mr. Poulin held a variety of progressively senior retail marketing and management roles with Provigo Distribution, Culinar Inc. and Desjardins-Laurentian Life Group.

In 1997 he joined the Oshawa Group as Vice President, Grocery Merchandising and in 2001 was appointed President of Operations, Sobeys Québec. In 2011 he was appointed President, Sobeys IGA Operations, the position he held immediately prior to being named President & Chief Executive Officer of Sobeys Inc. in 2012.

In 2013 Mr. Poulin was appointed to the Board of Directors of Richelieu Hardware (TSX:RCH), a Québec-based importer and distributor of specialty hardware products. Mr. Poulin is also an active member of his community serving on the Board of Directors for the Montréal Heart Institute Foundation, as a volunteer for the United Way of Greater Montréal and as President of the Québec Chess Federation. He is a past board member of the Montréal Board of Trade and a former participant (1987) in the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference. In 2010 he was recognized as one of Québec's top business leaders by Perform Québec.

Mr. Poulin has a Bachelor of Actuarial Science degree from the Université Laval and holds a Masters of Management (Marketing) degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Others executive members are
   

                                             






 
   François Vimard, CA
Executive Vice President.

 

             Simon Gagné
Chief Human Resources Officer.

Jason Potter
President, Multi-Format Operations.

                                                      Claude Tessier, CA
                                             President, Sobeys IGA Operations.

Source: http://www.sobeyscorporate.com/en/Our-Company/Leadership-Committee.aspx