Louisville, Ky. — Yum! Brands, Inc. has made strategic leadership appointments that will strengthen its enterprise capabilities and drive long term value creation across its global portfolio. The appointments come as Chris Turner, chief executive officer-designate and chief financial & franchise officer, Yum! Brands, Inc., prepares to step into the role of CEO on Oct. 1.
Sean Tresvant has been promoted to Yum! Brands’ chief consumer officer and chief executive officer of Taco Bell. Since joining Yum! in January 2022 as the global brand officer at Taco Bell, Tresvant’s leadership has propelled the brand to new heights and driven strong business results, delivering positive same-store sales growth every quarter of his tenure. Prior to joining Yum!, Tresvant served as the chief marketing officer of the Jordan Brand at Nike.
In addition, Jim Dausch, global chief digital and technology officer of Pizza Hut, has been promoted to Yum! Brands’ chief digital and technology officer and president of Byte by Yum!, replacing Joe Park who is leaving Yum! to pursue an outside opportunity. Since joining Pizza Hut Global as CDTO, he’s led the brand’s technology strategy and created strong franchisee relationships. Previously, Dausch served as executive vice president & chief consumer officer at Under Armour. Prior to that, he spent more than 20 years at Marriott.
Ranjith Roy has been promoted to Yum! Brands’ chief financial officer, taking over from Turner as he steps into the CEO role. Roy joined Yum! in 2024 as chief strategy officer and treasurer, overseeing strategy, mergers and acquisitions and treasury operations. Before joining Yum!, Roy served as CFO of the e-commerce marketplace Goldbelly. He also spent more than 15 years with Goldman Sachs.
In addition to these promotions, Turner plans to add a chief scale officer to his leadership team. Yum! Brands is beginning a search for a candidate to fill this new role, which will focus on leveraging Yum!’s scale to accelerate franchisee returns, maximize unit economics and drive restaurant profitability across the entire enterprise. This leader will oversee global functions including supply chain, franchise office, food safety and quality assurance and more.
“This new structure and industry-leading talent strengthens our ability to deliver for our stakeholders and positions Yum! to grow in ways that only we can,” says Turner. “With their deep expertise and innovative thinking, alongside our already strong leadership team, I am confident we will continue to build on our momentum and shape the future of Yum! together.”
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Ky., and its subsidiaries franchise or operate a system of over 61,000 restaurants in more than 155 countries and territories under the company’s concepts: KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill.
SOURCE: Yum! Brands, Inc.