Andrew Tosney (born 3 June 1964) is an English former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain (Colts), and at club level for Hunslet Boys Club, Hunslet, Hull Kingston Rovers (c. 1985–86 season) and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage No. 939), as a goal-kicking stand-off.[1] As of 2011[update], he is the Vice president of Global Sales for Mondelēz International.
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| Born | Andrew Philip Tosney 3 June 1964 Leeds, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Business executive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title | Vice president of Global Sales for Mondelēz International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 11 June 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career
editAndy Tosney was born in Leeds, West Riding
Playing career
editAndy Tosney made his debut for Wakefield Trinity during September 1984, he played 37-matches, scoring 6-tries and 10-goals for 42-points, he played his last match for Wakefield Trinity during the 1986–87 season, and he retired from professional rugby in the 1990s after a serious ankle injury.[citation needed]
Business career
editHe 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 US$850 million business[citation needed]. 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] As of 2011, he is the Global Vice president, Sales, for Mondelēz International.
As of 2011, he resides in Dubai with his wife.
References
edit- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
- ^ a b Retail in Asia. [1], Retail in Asia – Conquering the Asian market with Andy Tosney, 8 February 2011, Retrieved 8 February 2011.
- ^ Retail in Asia [2] "Retail in Asia – Kraft Foods expands team to realign business in Asia-Pacific", 8 December 2011, Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Forbes [3] "Forbes – World's Second Biggest Food Company, Kraft, Approves Spin-Off", 14 August 2012, Retrieved 14 August 2012.