TABS taps Leahy for international post

SHELTON, Conn. The TABS Group announced that John Leahy has joined the company in the position of executive advisor, international. An accomplished CPG executive, Leahy brings a wealth of knowledge, experience and relationships to his new post — both in terms of the U.S. market and abroad, in more than 80 different countries.

“We are pleased to welcome John to TABS Group,” said Kurt Jetta, president and founder of TABS Group. “He brings a wealth of experience and contacts that will be instrumental in helping us build our international business. In our initial projects overseas, we have found that each country has a distinct set of issues that needs to be addressed prior to doing business, and John Leahy will enable us to get quickly up the learning curve in each of those countries.”

Prior to joining TABS, Leahy was president of NBTY’s U.S. nutrition wholesale division, as well as NBTY’s international business. Before NBTY, John spent 23 years with Playtex Products, starting off as a district sales manager in 1982 and rising through the ranks to president in 2003.