With 20 years of experience in sales and customer development, Joanne Hillion has been named the senior vice-president of customer development for Acosta Canada. With senior level roles for companies like Energizer and Mars Food Division, Hillion will bring her expertise to Acosta’s grocery customer development team with great promise.
“Joanne has led large sales teams and successfully and consistently delivered growth and profit performance in a challenging marketplace,” says president Brent Scowen. “Her multi-category and capability-building experience will be great assets to our organization. We are very excited to have her on board to elevate our high-performance customer teams in driving remarkable results for our clients.”
In addition, Warren Paisley has been appointed as the vice-president of customer development for the company. Like Hillion, Paisley has acquired over 20 years of experience in brand-building and multiple executive roles for companies like Mosiac’s Labatt Integrated Team, Paisley will bring great knowledge with his extensive marketing background that Scowen is excited to tap into for Acosta’s growth.
“Warren is super passionate about building brands and people. He has had a remarkable track record of success in serving clients with breakthrough integrated campaigns that have engaged and 
inspired shoppers and realized remarkable results for clients. With his marking and shopper expertise and strong financial acumen he will bring lots of value-add to our clients’ businesses,” shares Scowen.
