MIAMI, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Burger King Corporation today announced the
appointment of Steven C. DeSutter as Senior Vice President, Corporate
Communications, effective immediately. Mr. DeSutter, 50, will be a member of
the Executive Leadership Team and will report directly to Greg Brenneman,
Chief Executive Officer, Burger King Corporation.
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Mr. DeSutter will be responsible for all corporate communication functions
both domestically and internationally, including external and media
communications, internal communications and community relations.
"Steve's deep understanding and experience with internal and external
communications and his ability to work together with employees, franchisees
and the media make him the ideal choice to lead our worldwide communications
team," said Mr. Brenneman.
"Effective communications at every level is essential to a successful
turnaround. Working with the professional men and women in the BURGER KING(R)
system, our franchise partners and with the first-class management team that
is already in place is exciting. We have a remarkable combination of
management talent and business opportunity. I look forward to working with
this team to maximize the huge potential of the BURGER KING(R) brand and its
franchise partners," said Mr. DeSutter.
Prior to joining Burger King Corporation, Mr. DeSutter was Senior Vice
President of TurnWorks, Inc., a private equity and advisory firm that
specializes in corporate turnarounds. Mr. DeSutter joined TurnWorks in 2001
and executed a number of significant projects for the firm. In June 2002, Mr.
DeSutter joined the senior team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (PwCC) as
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, where he worked alongside Mr.
Brenneman to successfully restructure PwC Consulting.
At PwCC, Mr. DeSutter was responsible for corporate communications in 53
countries through both direct reports and a network of locally based
professionals for media communications and public relations, employee
communications and community relations.
Prior to joining TurnWorks, Mr. DeSutter was Senior Vice President, Sales
and Marketing of Powerway Inc., an Indianapolis, Indiana-based provider of
Internet and enterprise software solutions for managing data associated with
new product development in the automotive industry. Prior to Powerway, Mr.
DeSutter was President of ABS-QE and Group Vice President of ABS Group, a
global consulting and auditing firm for compliance to maritime and industrial
management system standards.
In 1978, Mr. DeSutter joined British Petroleum (BP) and spent 18 years
with the company in manufacturing, commodities and service businesses. During
his tenure at BP and BP Chemicals, Mr. DeSutter held positions in general
management, corporate communications (including public relations), marketing,
M&A, product quality and change management, in addition to a number of
entrepreneurial roles in which he was responsible for starting new businesses.
During this time BP became a high performance global competitor.
Mr. DeSutter holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce magna cum laude from
Niagara University.
About Burger King Corporation
The BURGER KING(R) system operates more than 11,220 restaurants in all 50
states and in 60 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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