Acosta names new COO

Acosta, a leading full-service sales and marketing agency in the consumer packaged goods industry, on Tuesday named Tom Corley COO.



He will be responsible for overseeing the sales and foodservice divisions and will work to deepen consumer packaged goods clients and customer relationships, identify retail operating strategies and develop a differentiated sales organization.



Corley has more than 30 years of industry experience with the Kraft Foods Group and General Foods, including more than 15 years in senior leadership and sales roles with responsibility for customer collaboration, new business development, field sales commercialization, acquisition integration and organizational development.



Most recently, Corley served as executive VP and president of sales/foodservice. Previously, he led the U.S. field sales organization and Walmart/Kraft sales organizations for Kraft Foods North America with global oversight for headquarter engagement and retail execution. Additional roles at Kraft included VP Walmart/customer development organization, area VP, East customer development organizations and area VP, South area field sales organization.