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Career Highlights
Awards & Recognition
★2025 Restaurant Business Restaurant Leader of the Year
★2025 IFMA Gold Plate Award
★Barron's 2025 Top 25 CEO in the World
★Nation's Restaurant News Power List (multiple years)
★PR Week's Power List (multiple years)
★Forbes No. 2 most influential CMO globally (previous role)
Notable Facts
→CEO & President of Brinker International (Chili's, Maggiano's) since 2022
→Led remarkable Chili's turnaround with 15 consecutive quarters of same-store sales growth
→Increased Brinker market cap from $1.3B to over $7B under his leadership
→Former KFC US President who led 8-year KFC turnaround with Colonel Sanders campaign
→Former Pizza Hut President (2020-2022)
→18+ years at Procter & Gamble including North America Cosmetics Business Leader
→Wharton School economics degree, University of Pennsylvania
→51 years old, married with two children
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