Post's Appointment Demonstrates Burger King Corporation's Commitment to the
Development and Marketing of High-Quality, Innovative and
Differentiated Products
MIAMI, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Burger King Corporation today announced
that Denny Post has joined the Company as Chief Concept Officer. In her new
role, Ms. Post oversees all product marketing and product development efforts.
She reports directly to Burger King Corporation's Executive Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer Russ Klein.
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As Chief Concept Officer, Ms. Post is responsible for building the BURGER
KING(R) brand and creating value for all BURGER KING stakeholders through the
ideation, development and marketing of new, innovative and relevant products
that support the Company's strategic initiatives. Ms. Post and her team,
which includes Carlos Ribas, senior director, product marketing, and Peter
Gibbons, senior director, product development, will enhance current menu items
as well as optimize the product pipeline from research and development to
execution in BURGER KING restaurants.
"Denny is a 'team first' leader with a sterling reputation for motivating
and inspiring people," said Klein. "She is a strong marketing executive with
the necessary experience, creative leadership, energy and commitment to
further strengthen our brand and elevate it to new heights by satisfying the
consumer demand for products that stand apart from current industry offerings.
We are delighted to have her on the BURGER KING team."
Ms. Post brings 25 years of marketing experience to Burger King
Corporation and is very adept in working with a franchise system. Her career
in the QSR industry began with a progression of increasingly important
positions at KFC. Most recently, she served as KFC's Chief Food Innovation
Officer, in which she was accountable for the new product pipeline, kids
meals, multi-branding, home delivery and new concept marketing. In 2000, she
was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer for Tricon Global Restaurants and
priszm brandz (JV), where she built the team responsible for marketing the
KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell Canada brands. During her tenure, Ms. Post
fostered solid relationships with franchisees and considered it very important
to positively build and maintain those relationships. Following her
successful tenure in Canada, Ms. Post returned to KFC in the USA in 2002 as
Chief Food Innovation Officer for KFC USA.
Prior to her past eight years in the QSR industry, Ms. Post has led a
variety of marketing initiatives and new product development, both in
consulting and on the advertising agency side of the business.
Ms. Post holds a Bachelor's degree in Journalism/Social Sciences. She is
married and has a ten-year-old son.
About Burger King Corporation
We Take Pride in Serving Our Guests the Best Burgers and a Variety of
Other Great-Tasting, Healthy Foods Cooked Over an Open Fire. That's What We're
All About.
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,285 restaurants in all 50
states and in 58 countries and territories around the world. Ninety-one
percent of BURGER KING restaurants are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned operations that have been in business
for decades.
Burger King Holdings, Inc., the parent company, is private and
independently owned by an equity sponsor group comprised of Texas Pacific
Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. In fiscal year ending
June 30, 2003, Burger King Corporation had system-wide sales of $11.1 billion.
To learn more about BURGER KING, please visit the company's website at
http://www.burgerking.com.
SOURCE Burger King Corporation
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CONTACT:
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