KATY,
Texas, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/
-- Academy Sports and Outdoors, Inc. ("Academy") (Nasdaq: ASO)
today announced that Monique Picou
has been appointed to the Board of Directors (the "Board"),
effective immediately. With this change, Academy's Board now
comprises ten directors.
"We are pleased to have Monique join our Board,"
said Ken Hicks, Executive Chairman
of Academy. "Monique brings extensive experience in supply chain,
logistics, and strategic planning at large technology, retail and
manufacturing companies. Her expertise will be a great asset as we
leverage and scale our supply chain to enable industry-leading
growth."
Mrs. Picou has over 30 years of supply chain,
logistics, strategic planning, operations digital/technology, and
engineering experience. Mrs. Picou serves as Global Executive
- Vice President, Google Cloud Supply Chain and Operations at
Alphabet, Inc. since March 2023, and
also served as Vice President, Google Product, Technology Strategy
and Global Server Operations at Alphabet, Inc. from February 2021 to April
2023. Prior to Alphabet, Inc., Mrs. Picou served as
Senior Vice President, Sam's Club Chief Strategy and Supply Chain
Officer from March 2020 to
February 2021, as Sam's Club Senior
Vice President Supply Chain Flow from February 2019 to February
2020, and Vice President, Supply Chain at Walmart, Inc. from
August 2018 to January 2019. Mrs. Picou held other senior
leadership positions at Voyant Beauty, LLC and Procter &
Gamble Company, where she spent more than 25 years and
served in various positions, including Senior Vice President -
Product Supply Global Health Care from December 2016 to August
2017. Since November 2021,
Mrs. Picou has served on the board of directors of Ryan
Companies US, Inc., a commercial real estate services company. She
is a graduate of Southern University
with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and earned a
Master of Business Administration from Florida
Institute of Technology.
About Academy Sports + Outdoors
Academy
is a leading full-line sporting goods and outdoor recreation
retailer in the United States.
Originally founded in 1938 as a family business in Texas, Academy has grown to 283 stores across
18 states. Academy's mission is to provide "Fun for All" and
Academy fulfills this mission with a localized merchandising
strategy and value proposition that strongly connects with a broad
range of consumers. Academy's product assortment focuses on key
categories of outdoor, apparel, sports & recreation and
footwear through both leading national brands and a portfolio of
private label brands. For more information, visit
www.academy.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
These forward-looking statements are based on Academy's current
expectations and are not guarantees of future performance. You can
identify these forward-looking statements by the use of words such
as "continues," "may," "will," "should," "could," "strategies,"
"plans" or the negative version of these words or other comparable
words. The forward-looking statements include, among other things,
statements regarding Academy's expectations regarding its future
performance and are subject to various risks, uncertainties,
assumptions, or changes in circumstances that are difficult to
predict or quantify. Actual results may differ materially from
these expectations due to changes in global, regional, or local
economic, business, competitive, market, regulatory and other
factors, including ongoing inflation and continued increases in
interest rates, many of which are beyond Academy's control.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements are set
forth in Academy's filings with the Securities & Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), including Academy's most recently filed
Annual Report on Form 10-K, under the caption "Risk Factors," as
may be updated from time to time in our periodic filings with the
SEC. Any forward-looking statement in this press release speaks
only as of the date of this release. Academy undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future
developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any
applicable securities laws.
Media inquiries:
Elise Hasbrook, Vice President
Communications
281.253.8200
elise.hasbrook@academy.com
Investor inquiries:
Matt Hodges, Vice President Investor
Relations
281.646.5362
matt.hodges@academy.com
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