Mark Lee has been appointed CEO of Sysco Ireland, and will oversee the firm's 1,300 staff across the island who service more than 10,000 customers.
The Dublin-based company operates as a subsidiary of global food leader Sysco, who have more than 58,000 associates operating in 343 distribution facilities worldwide serving more than 650,000 customers.
Previous CEO of Sysco Ireland Peter Jackson has been named as new CEO of Sysco in Great Britain.
Mr Lee joined Sysco Ireland in December 2018 as Commercial Director, responsible for sales, marketing, and customer engagement.
Before joining the company, he held senior roles at Brook Foods, Compass Group and the Doyle Collection, developing a broad base of commercial leadership experience.
"Under Mark’s commercial leadership, independent foodservice sales have grown rapidly across the island of Ireland over the last three years," said Executive Vice President & President, Foodservice Operations of Sysco International, Tim Ørting.
"The rebrand to Sysco Ireland and launch of Sysco Store have proven to be very compelling for our independent customers, making it even easier to engage with our business and help us to consistently deliver for them, every day," he added.
