KATY, Texas, Dec. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Sports
and Outdoors, Inc. ("Academy" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: ASO)
announced today, effective immediately, the appointment of
Chris Turner to its Board of
Directors (the "Board") and Audit Committee. With this change,
Academy's Board now comprises ten directors.
"Chris has an impressive background of business leadership and
deep knowledge in consumer brands and elevating the customer
experience that will be very valuable to Academy and our Board,"
said Ken C. Hicks, Academy Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer. "As a Texan and Academy
Sports + Outdoors customer, he'll bring a unique passion to his
role as a director."
Turner has over 20 years of strategy, finance, mergers &
acquisitions and operations experience at world-class
consumer-oriented and strategic consulting companies. Turner has
served as the Chief Financial Officer of Yum! Brands since
August 2019 where he has global
responsibility for finance, corporate strategy, supply chain and
information technology. Before joining Yum! Brands, he served as
Senior Vice President and General Manager leading PepsiCo's retail
and e-commerce businesses with Walmart in the U.S. and more than 25
countries and across PepsiCo's brands. Prior to leading
PepsiCo's Walmart business, he served in various positions
including Senior Vice President of Transformation for PepsiCo's
Frito-Lay North America business and
Senior Vice President of Strategy for Frito-Lay. Prior to joining
PepsiCo, Turner spent more than 13 years at McKinsey & Company,
a strategic management consulting firm, where he was a Partner in
the firm's Dallas office. During this
time, he served clients in the retail, restaurant, consumer
packaged goods, airline, high-tech and media industries. He holds
an MBA from Stanford University and a
bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas.
About Academy Sports + Outdoors
Academy is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor
recreation retailer in the United States. Originally founded
in 1938 as a family business in Texas, Academy has grown to 259 stores across
16 contiguous states. Academy's mission is to provide "Fun for All"
and Academy fulfills this mission with a localized merchandising
strategy and value proposition that strongly connects with a broad
range of consumers. Academy's product assortment focuses on key
categories of outdoor, apparel, footwear and sports &
recreation through both leading national brands and a portfolio of
19 private label brands, which go well beyond traditional sporting
goods and apparel offerings. For more information, visit
www.academy.com.
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