American Egg Board Names Cory Sexson VP of Global Business Development
Former Kraft Heinz executive will lead innovation, partnerships and international growth initiatives for US eggs
Cory Sexson, vice president of global business development, American Egg Board
Cory Sexson has joined the American Egg Board (AEB) as vice president of global business development, where he leads innovation, business development, and international market expansion initiatives designed to create new demand for US eggs across multiple formats.
As part of AEB's Demand Creation team, Sexson is responsible for identifying and commercializing growth opportunities across domestic and international markets. His work includes advancing the Eggcelerator Lab — AEB’s proprietary industry innovation engine — building strategic partnerships with foodservice, retail, and CPG companies, and expanding opportunities for US egg exports in key global markets.
In his role, Sexson oversees the development of go-to-market strategies for emerging egg-based innovations, collaborates with customers on joint growth initiatives, strengthens senior-level industry partnerships, and helps deliver insights, tools, and resources that support demand growth across the egg value chain.
Sexson brings more than 17 years of leadership experience spanning consumer packaged goods, foodservice, healthcare, and food and beverage innovation. Prior to joining AEB, he held leadership positions with Kraft Heinz, PepsiCo, Tropicana Brands Group, & Tyson Foods. Most recently, he served as Vice President and General Manager of Beverages at Kraft Heinz, where he led brand, innovation, and commercial strategy for the company's +$2 billion beverage portfolio.
His background includes leading high-performing teams, managing large-scale business portfolios, building innovation pipelines and launching new products for major food and beverage brands. At PepsiCo, he led the development of a $350 million innovation pipeline for the Juice+ business. At Tyson Foods, he held brand and innovation roles across poultry, breakfast sausage and prepared protein portfolios.
“Cory brings the right mix of innovation leadership, customer focus and commercial discipline to help AEB create new demand for eggs and egg products,” Emily Metz, president and CEO of the American Egg Board, said in a statement. “His experience building growth strategies for leading food and beverage brands will help us strengthen partnerships, bring new ideas to market and create more opportunities for America’s egg farmers.”
Sexson earned an MBA in Marketing Management from Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Hastings College. In 2022, he was recognized by Brand Innovators as a 40 Under 40 honoree.
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