Sysco Corporation Appoints Ajoy H. Karna as Senior Vice President, International Foodservice Operations – Europe, Effective April 17, 2017
March 24, 2017 at 05:00 am EDT
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Sysco Corporation announced that Ajoy H. Karna has been named senior vice president, international foodservice operations – Europe, effective April 17, 2017. Karna will be responsible for Brakes Group, which encompasses Sysco’s operations in Europe, including the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg. Ken McMeikan, CEO of Brakes Group, will remain with the company for a brief transition period. In his new role, Karna will report directly to Tom Bené. Prior to joining Sysco, Karna served in various leadership positions at PepsiCo, gaining domestic and international experience in a variety of areas. At Frito Lay, he was senior vice president of Finance and had oversight of the company’s field, customer, foodservice, brand finance, and pricing finance teams. He also was senior vice president, mergers and acquisitions, in PepsiCo’s corporate group between 2006 and 2009. Prior to that, he served in numerous roles of increasing responsibility at Frito Lay and The Quaker Oats Company.
Sysco Corporation is North America no. 1 distributor of food products for food industry services and out of home catering sectors. The net sales by market break down as follows:
- restaurant (62%);
- restaurants (66%);
- hospitals and nursing homes (9%);
- schools, universities and government organizations (6%);
- hotels and motels (5%);
- other (14%).
Net sales by family of products break down between fresh and frozen meats (19%), dry and canned products (16%), frozen fruits, vegetables and bakery products (15%), poultry (11%), dairy products (10%), fresh products (8%), paper and disposable products (8%), seafood (5%), beverages (3%) and other (5%).
At the end of June 2021, the group had 326 distribution facilities worldwide.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: the United States (83.1%), Canada (7.6%), the United Kingdom (3.3%), France (2.1%) and other (3.9%).
SYSCO CORPORATION 
