Andy Tosney

Andy Tosney
Born Andrew Philip Tosney
(1964-06-03) 3 June 1964
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, U.K.
Nationality English
Title Vice President, Sales of
Mondelēz International
Children 1 son, 1 daughter

Andrew 'Andy' Tosney (born 3 June 1964) is an English former International rugby league footballer of the 1980s and current Vice President of Global Sales for Mondelēz International.

Rugby career

Playing Stand-off/Five-eighth he represented Hunslet, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats[1] and Hunslet Boys Club as well as representing Great Britain Colts in the 1980s. Tosney retired from professional rugby in the 1990s after a serious ankle injury but played extensively for many clubs during his rugby career.

Business career

He joined Terry's of York in 1985 and worked as a salesman. US food company Kraft Foods took over the northern chocolate company in 1993.

Tosney worked at Kraft Foods from 1993 and with subsidiary company Terry's 7 years before that. He was Kraft Foods' Global Customer Director, leading the Wal-Mart International team for a USD850 million business. Through local, regional and Global joint business planning, Kraft Foods were awarded "most improved" International supplier in 2007 (one of only 3 awards given to suppliers in Wal-Mart), in 2008 Kraft were awarded "best in the world supplier" under Tosney's leadership. [2](subscription required)

In December 2011 in an interview with Retail In Asia, Tosney explained that Kraft had doubled its salesforce across Asia-Pacific to 10,000 people and by 2012 it will have increased a further 50%.[2](subscription required)[3]

On 1 October 2012, Kraft Foods Inc split into two separate business entities; Kraft Foods Group and Mondelēz International.[4] He is currently the Global Vice President, Sales, for Mondelēz International.

He resides in Dubai with his wife.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/andy-tosney/summary.html
  2. 1 2 Retail In Asia. , Retail In Asia - Conquering the Asian market with Andy Tosney, 8 February 2011, accessed 8 February 2011.
  3. ↑ Retail In Asia "Retail In Asia - Kraft Foods expands team to realign business in Asia-Pacific", 8 December 2011, accessed 8 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Forbes "Forbes - World's Second Biggest Food Company, Kraft, Approves Spin-Off", 14 August 2012, accessed 14 August 2012.
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