Subway’s chief marketing officer leaving company effective Sept. 30

Associated Press

NEW YORK

Subway’s chief marketing officer Tony Pace says he is leaving the company to start a marketing consultancy.

The news comes nearly two weeks after the home of the chain’s longtime pitchman Jared Fogle was raided by federal and state authorities. Pace said in a phone interview Monday his departure is unrelated to that matter and that he had been talking with the company about the move for “a while.”

Subway declined to comment beyond confirming that Pace is leaving.

Pace said his departure from Subway is slated to be effective Sept. 30 and that the company is conducting a search for a replacement.

He responded to emails from an account for his new marketing firm, which Monday only had information online about his move from Subway and his email address.

Pace said he will continue as chairman of the Association of National Advertisers. He said he joined Subway in 2006 as chief marketing officer of the advertising fund and was named chief marketing officer for the entire company in 2012.