Yum! Brands Appoints GODIVA CEO Annie Young-Scrivner and InterContinental Hotels Group PLC CEO Keith Barr to Board
January 13 2020 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today announced the appointments
of Annie Young-Scrivner, Chief Executive Officer of GODIVA
Chocolatier, and Keith Barr, Chief Executive Officer of
InterContinental Hotels Group® (IHG®), to its Board as
non-executive directors, effective January 24, 2020.
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Yum! Brands, Inc. today announced the
appointments of Annie Young-Scrivner, Chief Executive Officer of
GODIVA Chocolatier, and Keith Barr, Chief Executive Officer of
InterContinental Hotels Group®, to its Board as non-executive
directors, effective January 24, 2020. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Annie and Keith have both demonstrated strong global leadership
experience and bring proven track records in driving performance
and innovation for well-known brands, making them excellent
additions to the Yum! Brands Board,” said Brian Cornell,
Non-Executive Chairman of the Yum! Brands Board of Directors and
Chairman and CEO of Target Corporation. “We’re pleased that Annie
and Keith will be joining us as Yum! Brands begins its next
exciting chapter of global growth.”
“As CEO of GODIVA, Annie has deep experience in global
brand-building and market development, and we look forward to the
consumer insights and best practices she will bring as we focus on
building relevant, easy and distinctive brands that help us deliver
more value for franchisees and shareholders,” said David Gibbs,
Chief Executive Officer, Yum! Brands. “Annie also brings a wealth
of knowledge around digital engagement with consumers, which will
be beneficial as we continue to advance the customer experience
with technology at the forefront.”
Gibbs continued, “Keith runs a diverse, industry-leading
portfolio of hotel brands and is hyper focused on the customer
experience and value creation for owners and operators in more than
100 countries. His responsibilities as CEO of IHG, combined with
the company’s highly franchised model and focus on building global
scale, will allow Keith to make invaluable contributions to the
Yum! Board that will unlock growth and benefit our
shareholders.”
About Annie Young-Scrivner
Young-Scrivner has served as CEO of GODIVA Chocolatier, the
global leader in premium, artisanal chocolate, since September
2017. Prior to joining GODIVA, she served in a variety of senior
executive roles at Starbucks Corporation since 2009, including
Executive Vice President, Global Digital & Loyalty Development;
President, Teavana & Executive Vice President of Global Tea;
President of Starbucks Canada; and Global Chief Marketing Officer
& President of Tazo Tea. Prior to her time at Starbucks,
Young-Scrivner spent 19 years at PepsiCo, serving in senior
leadership positions in sales, marketing and general management
including CMO and Head of Sales for Quaker Foods and Snacks
Division; Chairman and Region President of PepsiCo Foods Greater
China; and Vice President and General Manager of PepsiCo’s Target
team.
In addition to her current duties as CEO, Young-Scrivner serves
on the Board of Directors of Tiffany & Co., and has served on
the board of Macy’s, Inc. Young-Scrivner holds a Bachelor of Arts
from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington, and
an Executive MBA from the Carlson School of Business, University of
Minnesota. She has also had executive education training at Yale
School of Management, IMD in Switzerland, and the Darden School of
Business, University of Virginia.
About Keith Barr
Barr has served as CEO of IHG, a global organization that
predominately franchises and manages nearly 5,800 hotels and whose
brands include InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, the Holiday
Inn® Brand Family and Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, since
July 2017. He has spent more than 25 years working in the
hospitality industry having started his career in hotel operations.
Barr joined IHG in 2000 and subsequently held a number of senior
positions in its Americas and Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA)
regions. He has been a member of IHG’s Executive Committee since
April 2011 at which time he was serving as CEO of IHG’s Greater
China business. He was then appointed Chief Commercial Officer for
four years where he led IHG’s global brand, loyalty, sales and
marketing functions, driving consistent brand strategies and
leveraging IHG’s scale and systems to deliver industry
outperformance.
Prior to joining IHG, Barr held several senior positions at
Bristol Hotels and Resorts. Barr serves on the Board of IHG and
sits on the International Advisory Board of EHL. He is a graduate
of Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. Barr is
currently a member of the Dean's Advisory Board for the School of
Hotel Administration, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.
About Yum! Brands, Inc.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over
49,000 restaurants in more than 145 countries and territories
primarily operating the company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza
Hut and Taco Bell – global leaders of the chicken, pizza and
Mexican-style food categories. Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system
opens over eight new restaurants per day on average, making it a
leader in global retail development. In 2018, Yum! Brands was named
to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and ranked
among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate
Responsibility Magazine. In 2019, Yum! Brands was named to the
Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index for the second consecutive
year.
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