CHICAGO, July 13,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD)
CEO, Chris Kempczinski sent the
following message to the McDonald's global System, sharing its
international markets leadership structure.
Digital CV's and headshots for these leaders are embedded within
this release.
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As our global business and our two international segments
continue to grow, each can further benefit from strong leadership
teams focused closely on their needs —supporting the strong bench
of talent in their segments and representing the perspectives of
their markets on the Global Senior Leadership Team.
Following our leadership announcements last month, I am pleased
to share that we will be returning to a structure of dedicated
leadership overseeing each of our international segments. From a
financial reporting standpoint, this represents no change as we've
always reported International Operated Markets (IOM) results
separate from International Developmental Licensee Markets
(IDLM).
Jill McDonald will be
returning to McDonald's as Executive Vice President and President,
IOM, overseeing our five largest wholly-owned international markets
and our IOM Business Unit, consisting of our remaining wholly-owned
international markets.
Jill began her career as a marketing trainee at Colgate
Palmolive and later joined British Airways, rising through the
company to eventually lead Global Marketing. Jill then joined
McDonald's as Chief Marketing Officer for our UK business and
Northern Europe, and later became
the Managing Director for our UK business and President,
Northern Europe.
In her tenure, she sustained strong performance across all
metrics of our business, including a strengthened brand, a
reinvigorated employee experience and double-digit sales growth,
all while fostering successful franchisee performance and
engagement.
Jill's accomplishments with McDonald's and her deep marketing
expertise and experience leading several consumer-focused
businesses (including most recently as CEO of Costa Coffee), make
her the perfect leader to accelerate the next phase of the IOM
segment's growth. Working closely with Chief Customer Officer,
Manu Steijaert, and Chief Marketing
Officer, Morgan Flatley, Jill will
help us elevate our marketing and creative excellence while
enhancing our crew and customer experience to unlock new growth
opportunities in IOM.
Jill's first day will be September
5. She will be based in London, reporting directly to me as a member
of the Global SLT.
I am also happy to share that Jo
Sempels will continue to lead our International
Developmental Licensed Markets (IDLM) as Senior Vice President and
President, IDL. Jo's responsibilities will now include our large,
fast-growing China business, which
had reported to Ian in his capacity as President, International. Jo
is a highly respected and talented leader who is known (quite
literally) around the world for putting the System first.
Jo will also join our Global SLT and report directly to me,
effective immediately.
I am extremely proud of our International team's progress in
driving our Accelerating the Arches strategy. With Jill, Jo
and their leaders in respective segments, we are well positioned to
continue building on our success. I look forward to even greater
growth across these markets through an enhanced customer and crew
experience, and improved connectivity and collaboration between our
Market and Global teams.
Please join me in welcoming Jill back to the McFamily and
thanking Jo for his continued leadership.
Chris
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worldwide are owned and operated by independent local business
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