LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today announced the appointment of Tanya
L. Domier to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2018. Ms.
Domier is Chief Executive Officer of Advantage Solutions (Advantage), a
leading North American provider of outsourced sales, marketing and
business solutions to consumer goods manufacturers and retailers.
“Tanya’s extensive sales and marketing background, along with her
leadership experience successfully running a customer-driven business,
make her an excellent addition to the Yum! Brands Board,” said Robert
Walter, Non-Executive Chairman of Yum! Brands. “We’re thrilled to have
Tanya join us during this exciting and transformative time for our
company as we continue to evolve as the restaurant industry’s leading
global franchisor.”
Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands, said, “Tanya is a
talented executive with a customer-focused and growth mindset. We look
forward to the insights she will bring as we rapidly transform into a
more focused, more franchised and more efficient company in order to
strengthen and grow KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell globally and deliver
more growth to our shareholders.”
Ms. Domier, 51, was named Advantage’s CEO in January 2013 after serving
as its President and Chief Operating Officer since 2010. Under Ms.
Domier’s leadership, Advantage is developing digital technology
solutions to help support brands and retailers in addressing the
challenges they face in today’s omni-channel world. After the recently
announced, pending acquisition of Daymon Worldwide, Advantage will
constitute the only global solutions company with both brand-centric and
retailer-centric services. Earlier in her career, Ms. Domier led the
formation of Advantage’s marketing division, which has risen to become
the top-ranked promotions and experiential agency in the U.S. according
to Ad Age. Ms. Domier joined Advantage in 1990 from The J.M.
Smucker Company and has held a variety of executive-level positions in
sales, marketing and operations. In addition to her duties as CEO, Ms.
Domier is a member of the Board of Directors of Nordstrom, Inc. and of
Enactus, an international nonprofit organization promoting
entrepreneurship for college students.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 44,000
restaurants in more than 135 countries and territories and is one of the
Aon Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North America. In 2017, Yum!
Brands was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index and
among the top 100 Best Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility
Magazine. The company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
– are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food
categories. Worldwide, the Yum! Brands system opens over six new
restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in global retail
development.
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