Tony Fernandez currently serves as the President of AFF Advisors, LLC, a private advisory firm.
He previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Pinnacle Foods, Inc. (NYSE:PF) from 2011 to 2016, where he was responsible for management of the company’s end-to-end supply, while also overseeing Pinnacle’s food quality, safety and productivity programs. Mr. Fernandez was Senior Vice President Operational Excellence at Kraft Foods, Inc., following Kraft’s acquisition of Cadbury, PLC in 2010, until he joined Pinnacle in 2011. Mr. Fernandez was at Cadbury from 1998 until 2010, serving in a series of senior management positions, including Chief Supply Chain Officer, from 2008-2010. His early career included roles in manufacturing, procurement, engineering, logistics and consulting with Proctor & Gamble Co. (NYSE:PG), PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) and The Canaan Group.
Mr. Fernandez served on the Board of Directors at Collier Creek Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company that became Utz Brands in August 2020, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Lafayette College. Mr. Fernandez has served on the Board of Directors with Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD), the world’s largest publicly traded REIT, since May 2019. Previously he served on the Board of Directors of Liberty Property Trust (NYSE:LPT), until its recent acquisition by Prologis, Inc. (NYSE:PLD). He received his bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College. In addition, Mr. Fernandez is NACD/CERT Cybersecurity certified and has completed the NYU Law – Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence, Cyber Scholar Program
Mr. Fernandez brings to his position on the Board substantial supply chain and operations experience at publicly-traded consumer companies, cybersecurity expertise, a record of realizing cost efficiencies and integrating acquisitions, and experience service as a director of a public company.