Yum! Brands appoints former Walmart CFO Brett Biggs and Boeing CIO Susan Doniz to its board
Yum! Brands, parent company of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and The Habit Burger Grill, has announced the appointments of Brett Biggs, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Walmart, and Susan Doniz, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Information Technology & Data Analytics of The Boeing Company, to its Board of Directors.
“Brett and Susan bring deep leadership experience and proven track records driving performance and innovation for well known customer oriented and technology centric companies, making them outstanding additions to the Yum! Brands board,” says Brian Cornell, Chairman of the Yum! Brands Board of Directors and Chairman and CEO at Target Corporation.
“We look forward to the insights and contributions Brett and Susan will bring to theboard that will undoubtedly unlock growth and benefit our stakeholders.”
“Brett’s impressive background leading global finance, corporate strategy and mergers and acquisitions at one of the world’s most iconic and customer focused retailers positions him perfectly to contribute to the board and help shape our future growth and performance,” says David Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer, Yum! Brands.
“Yum! will also benefit from Brett’s experience in global operations and digital transformation as we continue to prioritise initiatives that strengthen operational execution, accelerate digital sales and provide great experiences for our customers and restaurant team members.”
Gibbs adds: “Susan has strong expertise in adopting new, cutting-edge technologies and leveraging agile digital solutions and data analytics capabilities to drive business growth and support customer needs.”
“Her wealth of knowledge will be invaluable as we pursue our bold goal of powering 100% of our sales by digital and investing in technologies that enable easy experiences for customers, easy operations in restaurants and easy insights to accelerate profitable growth for Yum! and our franchisees.”
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