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Tony Shearer
Chairman, Foodbuy LLC
Compass Group
North American Division
Tony Shearer holds the position of Chairman of Foodbuy LLC. Shearer qualified
as an accountant in the UK in 1985. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute
of Management Accountants.
Shearer joined Compass Group in 1985 and was employed in a number of financial
positions culminating in the role of Director of Finance and MIS from
1991-1994. This role was responsible for directing the corporate financial
centers and all systems activities. During this time Compass pioneered the
introduction of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Electronic Data
Interchange (EDI), the first use of these technologies in the UK foodservice
sector.
In 1989 Shearer became the first Compass recipient of the ACORN award, the
Caterers and Hotelkeeper's Recognition of Achievement for the "under 30's" in
the foodservice industry.
Shearer transferred to Compass Group North America in 1994 and was involved
with the creation and implementation of the company's I.S. strategy which has
centered around the implementation of SAP R/3 software for the enterprise and
the deployment of ReMAC's software to the company's foodservice restaurants.
Shearer is married, has two daughters and a son, and resides in Charlotte, NC.
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