Crossmark Adds Compton to Board

Crossmark, a leading sales and marketing services company in the consumer goods industry, has named John Compton to its board of directors to serve along with principals of Warburg Pincus, a leading global private equity firm.

Compton spent most of his career as a senior executive at PepsiCo, most recently serving as president. Previously he was CEO of PepsiCo Americas Foods, the largest division within PepsiCo. In addition, Compton served as CEO of all PepsiCo operations in the U.S. and Canada. He began his career at PepsiCo in 1983 as a Frito-Lay production supervisor in the Pulaski, Tenn., manufacturing plant and spent 30 years at PepsiCo in various sales, marketing, operations and general management assignments. Currently, Compton also serves as a director at First Horizon National Corp.

“John brings extensive experience in the consumer goods industry to the Crossmark board,” said Crossmark CEO Joe Crafton. “His exceptional leadership and insight will be important as Crossmark continues to grow and develop more solutions for our clients.”

A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Compton remains an active supporter of the school’s College of Business Administration and is a lifetime member of the Advisory Council to the Dean.

“I have admired the capabilities of Crossmark and look forward to working with the teams to increase shareholder value,” said Compton.